Chinese Notes

乃 nǎi

nǎi adverb thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 于是 (CCD '乃' 2; FE '乃' 4)
nǎi verb to be
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 是 (CCD '乃' 1; FE '乃' 1)
nǎi pronoun you; yours
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used as a singular second person pronoun in preclassical Chinese (CCD '乃' 3; FE '乃' 5; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 77).
nǎi adverb also; moreover
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (FE '乃' 3)
nǎi conjunction however; but
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (FE '乃' 2)
nǎi conjunction if
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (FE '乃' 2)

康乃馨 carnation or clove pink; Dianthus caryophyllus
安乃近 analgin
木乃伊 a mummy
木乃伊化 to mummify
乃至 and even
道所存者，乃师所存者(道所存者，乃師所存者) if somebody has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher
乃堆拉山口 Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
美乃滋 mayonnaise
胜乃不殆(勝乃不殆) victory will not be in doubt
乃尔(乃爾) thus; like this
乃是 nevertheless ; to be; exactly so
灭国乃止(滅國乃止) only stopping when the state is destroyed
欸乃 sound of oars rowing
挨乃 the sound of rowing oars
纳塔乃耳(納塔乃耳) Nathaniel

Truncated for common words