乃係

Chinese

		to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon	be; connection; relation be; connection; relation; tie up; bind
trad. (乃係)		乃	係
simp. (乃系)		乃	系

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naai⁵ hai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nái-he

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• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nái-he
    • Hakka Romanization System: nai^ˋ he
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nai³ he⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nai̯³¹ he⁵⁵/

Verb

乃係

1. (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:

     […]因爲〬唔係你自己講，乃係聖靈講呀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     […]因为〬唔系你自己讲，乃系圣灵讲呀。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     […] jan¹ wai⁴ m⁴ hai⁶ nei⁵ zi⁶ gei² gong², naai⁵ hai⁶ sing³ ling⁴ gong² aa³. [Jyutping]

     […] for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

   • (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.]
     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.]

     jyun⁴ loi⁴ ni¹ wai⁶ gaau³ syu¹ sin¹ saang¹ luk⁶ gou¹ zi², keoi⁵ go³ zan¹ meng^4-2 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; […]

Synonyms

• 乃是 (nǎishì)