乃
Character
and even, to the point of (as in 乃至)
Meaning
nǎi
nai3- and even, to the point of (as in 乃至)
- then; therefore, said after giving a reason
- to be (as in 失败乃成功之母 'failure is the mother of success')
Examples
他太累了，乃至没吃饭。
tā tài lèi le nǎi zhì méi chī fàn
He was so tired that he didn't even eat.
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雨很大，乃至我们没出去。
yǔ hěn dà nǎi zhì wǒ men méi chū qù
It rained so hard that we didn't go out.
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天黑了，乃回家去。
tiān hēi le nǎi huí jiā qù
It got dark, so (he) went home.
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Stroke order
All 2 strokes
Speed
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Words with 乃
See all 20 →乃至nǎi zhìand even; used to add the most surprising thing in a listWordHSK 7–9乃们nǎi menyou (plural) (slang alternative for 你们 (nǐ men))Word乃尔nǎi ěrthusWord乃是nǎi shìequivalent to either 是 (shì) or 就是 (jiù shì)Word乃东区nǎi dōng qūNedong, a district of Shannan City 山南市 (Shān nán Shì), TibetWord乃堆拉nǎi duī lāNathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)Word乃堆拉山口nǎi duī lā shān kǒuNathu La (Himalayan pass on the Silk Road between Tibet and the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim)Word欸乃ǎi nǎi(onom.) (literary) the creaking of a stern-mounted oarWord西乃xī nǎiSinaiWord
吉木乃jí mù nǎiJeminay Ciunty, a county in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地区 (Ā lè tài Dì qū), XinjiangSee 吉木乃县WordUnreviewed
安乃近ān nǎi jìnanalgin (loanword)Word