乃係
Chinese
editto be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon |
be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind | ||
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trad. (乃係) | 乃 | 係 | |
simp. (乃系) | 乃 | 系 |
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naai5 hai6
- Yale: náaih haih
- Cantonese Pinyin: naai5 hai6
- Guangdong Romanization: nai5 hei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːi̯¹³ hɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nái-he
- Hakka Romanization System: naiˋ he
- Hagfa Pinyim: nai3 he4
- Sinological IPA: /nai̯³¹ he⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
Verb
edit乃係
- (Cantonese, Hakka, poetic) to be none other than
- 1899, 馬可福音:中西字 [The Gospel according to St. Mark in English and Cantonese], page 63:
- (Can we date this quote?), 張悅楷 (translator), 金庸, 書劍恩仇錄, part 1
- 原來呢位教書先生陸高止,佢個真名叫做陸菲青,乃係武當派大俠,[…] [Cantonese, trad.]
- jyun4 loi4 ni1 wai6 gaau3 syu1 sin1 saang1 luk6 gou1 zi2, keoi5 go3 zan1 meng4-2 giu3 zou6 luk6 fei1 cing1, naai5 hai6 mou5 dong1 paai3 daai6 haap6, […] [Jyutping]
- As it turned out, this teacher Lu Gaozhi was not a mere teacher, but a great member of the Wudang Sect whose real name was Lu Feiqing; […]
原来呢位教书先生陆高止,佢个真名叫做陆菲青,乃系武当派大侠,[…] [Cantonese, simp.]
Synonyms
edit- 乃是 (nǎishì)