Miaozi

乃

廼

nǎiㄋㄞˇ
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HSK 7TOCFL 7

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    variant of 乃[nai3]

  2. 2

    to be

  3. 3

    thus

  4. 4

    so

  5. 5

    therefore

  6. 6

    then

  7. 7

    only

  8. 8

    thereupon

Examples

See it in context

我的教練說："失敗乃成功之母"。

My coach said, "Failure teaches success."

犯錯乃人之常情。

To err is to be human.

犯錯乃人之常情。

It is human to make mistakes.

Related

Related: 乃

乃是

nǎi shì

equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]

Stroke practice

Practice writing 乃

Characters

simplified script

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