乃 nǎi
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
乃
nǎi
to be; namely; therefore
Character
Example phrases
- 这项制度之所以难以推行，乃因地方执行标准长期不统一。 Zhè xiàng zhìdù zhī suǒyǐ nányǐ tuīxíng, nǎi yīn dìfāng zhíxíng biāozhǔn chángqī bù tǒngyī. The system is difficult to implement because local enforcement standards have long been inconsistent.
- 他之所以成功，乃是因为从不放弃。 Tā zhī suǒyǐ chénggōng, nǎi shì yīnwèi cóng bú fàngqì. The reason he succeeded is that he never gave up.
- 此乃我们祖辈留下的老房子，请大家爱惜。 Cǐ nǎi wǒmen zǔbèi liú xià de lǎo fángzi, qǐng dàjiā àixī. This is the old house left by our ancestors; please take care of it.
Related words
- 乃至 nǎizhì and even; to the extent of
- 暨 jì and; as well as
- 缕 lǚ measure word for strands, wisps, or threads
- 寥寥无几 liáoliáowújǐ very few; scanty
- 人次 réncì person-times; visits counted by number of people
- 马力 mǎlì horsepower
- 亩 mǔ mu; a unit of land area
- 立方米 lìfāngmǐ cubic metre
- 枚 méi classifier for coins, medals, stamps, etc.
- 介于 jièyú to be between; to lie between
- 经 jīng to pass through; to undergo; after
- 临 lín to face; to approach; at the time of