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乃

nǎi
adverb HSK 7 #8,612

Meanings

  1. 1 to be (literary)
  2. 2 thus
  3. 3 so; therefore

Examples

失败乃成功之母。
Shībài nǎi chénggōng zhī mǔ.
Failure is the mother of success.
此乃天意。
Cǐ nǎi tiānyì.
This is the will of heaven.

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乃 is a literary/classical Chinese word meaning "is" or "therefore." It appears in proverbs and formal writing but is rarely used in everyday spoken Chinese.

Stroke Order

乃 nǎi