乃至

Chinese

		to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon	arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until
simp. and trad. (乃至)		乃	至

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎizhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄞˇ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naai⁵ zi³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): nai² zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎizhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄞˇ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎijhìh
    • Wade–Giles: nai³-chih⁴
    • Yale: nǎi-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naejyh
    • Palladius: найчжи (najčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naai⁵ zi³
    • Yale: náaih ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naai⁵ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nai⁵ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːi̯¹³ t͡siː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nai² zi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nái tsì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nai⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡si²¹³/

Conjunction

乃至

1. (literary) even; even if; go so far as to; to the extent that

Synonyms

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• 乃至於 / 乃至于 (nǎizhìyú) (literary)
• 以至 (yǐzhì)
• 以至於 / 以至于 (yǐzhìyú)
• 甚且 (shènqiě) (literary)
• 甚而 (shèn'ér) (literary)
• 甚而至於 / 甚而至于 (⁶zen-gher₆-tsy₅-yu₆) (Wu)
• 甚至 (shènzhì)
• 甚至於 / 甚至于 (shènzhìyú)
• 連 / 连
• 連得 / 连得 (⁶li-teq₇) (Wu)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乃	至
ない Jinmeiyō	し Grade: 6
goon	on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ないし [náꜜìshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [na̠iɕi]

Conjunction

乃(ない)至(し) • (naishi) ^{←ないし (naisi)?}

1. from ... to ...

   Synonym: ...から...まで (... kara ... made)

   Ａ(エー)ないしＢ(ビー)。

   Ē naishi bī.

   From A to B.

2. or

   Synonyms: または (mata wa), もしくは (moshiku wa)

Korean

Hanja in this term
乃	至

Noun

乃至 • (naeji) (hangeul 내지)

1. hanja form^? of 내지 (“from ... to ...; or”)