Moral evil is the result of ignorance.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
乃是
equivalent to either 是 shì or 就是 jiùshì
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
equivalent to either 是 shì or 就是 jiùshì
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 乃是 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 乃是 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 乃是.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 乃是.
Directly before
- 恶乃是1
- 的乃是1
Directly after
- 乃是无知1
- 乃是前者1
- 乃是最大1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 乃是
What does 乃是 mean in Chinese?
乃是 (nǎishì) means equivalent to either 是 shì or 就是 jiùshì.
How do you pronounce 乃是?
乃是 is pronounced nǎishì.
Is 乃是 an HSK word?
乃是 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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