乃爾

Chinese

		to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon	thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou
trad. (乃爾)		乃	爾
simp. (乃尔)		乃	尔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎi'ěr

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ㄦˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naai⁵ ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎi'ěr [Phonetic: náiěr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄦˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎi-ěr
    • Wade–Giles: nai³-êrh³
    • Yale: nǎi-ěr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naeeel
    • Palladius: найэр (najɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naai⁵ ji⁵
    • Yale: náaih yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naai⁵ ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: nai⁵ yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːi̯¹³ jiː¹³/

Adverb

乃爾

1. (literary) so; such; the case; this way

Synonyms

• 如此 (rúcǐ)