乃至 meaning in English

nǎizhì

and even; to go so far as to

HSK 7-9conjunction8 strokes

Meaning of 乃至

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

nǎizhì
  1. and even; to go so far as to

Stroke order for each character

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乃 nǎi · to be · 2 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2

至 zhì · to arrive · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 乃至.

至少zhìshǎoat least; (to say the) least
至今zhìjīnso far; to this day
甚至shènzhìeven; so much so that
至于zhìyúas for; as to
不至于bùzhìyúunlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
截至jiézhìup to (a time); by (a time)
直至zhízhìlasting until; up till (the present)
以至于yǐzhìyúdown to; up to
至关重要zhìguān-zhòngyàoextremely important; vital
至此zhìcǐup until now; so far
自始至终zìshǐ-zhìzhōngfrom start to finish (idiom)
甚至于shènzhìyúso much (that); even (to the extent that)

Questions about 乃至

What does 乃至 mean?

乃至 (nǎizhì) means "and even; to go so far as to" and is used as a conjunction.

How do you write 乃至?

乃至 is made of 2 characters: 乃 (2 strokes), 至 (6 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 乃至 an HSK word?

Yes. 乃至 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.