乃是

Chinese

FWOTD – 15 February 2018

		to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon	be; yes; this
simp. and trad. (乃是)		乃	是

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naai⁵ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎishìh
    • Wade–Giles: nai³-shih⁴
    • Yale: nǎi-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naeshyh
    • Palladius: найши (najši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naai⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: náaih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naai⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nai⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːi̯¹³ siː²²/

Verb

乃是

1. (literary) to be none other than

   • 袁紹當先趕來，不到五里，只聽得山背後喊聲大起，閃出一彪人馬，為首三員大將，乃是劉玄德、關雲長、張翼德。 [MSC, trad.]
     袁绍当先赶来，不到五里，只听得山背后喊声大起，闪出一彪人马，为首三员大将，乃是刘玄德、关云长、张翼德。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 7

     Yuán Shào dāngxiān gǎnlái, bùdào wǔ lǐ, zhǐ tīng dé shānbèi hòu hǎnshēng dà qǐ, shǎn chū yībiāo rénmǎ, wèishǒu sān yuán dàjiāng, nǎishì Liú Xuándé, Guān Yúncháng, Zhāng Yìdé. [Pinyin]

     Yuan Shao led the charge in pursuit of the enemy; he had not gone more than five li, when all one could hear was a roar of shouting voices from behind a hill. A group of men and horses came out of nowhere, with three generals in the lead. It was none other than Liu Xuande, Guan Yunchang and Zhang Yide.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, poetic) 乃係／乃系
• 就是 (jiùshì)