乃末

Chinese

		to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon	end; final stage; latter part
simp. and trad. (乃末)		乃	末
alternative forms		難末／难末那末惱末／恼末 (Suzhounese) 奈末

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “First syllable generally sounding similar to [nɛ] cross-topolectally in Wu: morpheme meaning "now"?”)

Pronunciation

Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶ne-meq; ⁶na-meq / ²na-⁷meq₈ / ²ne ⁰meq

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ne-meq; ⁶na-meq
  - MiniDict: ne^去 meh; na^去 meh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ne-meq; ³na-meq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² məʔ⁴⁴/, /na²² məʔ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Haining)
  - Wugniu: ²na-⁷meq₈
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /na¹¹ məʔ⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²ne ⁰meq
  - MiniDict: ne^平 meh
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /nɛ²³ məʔ/

Conjunction

乃末 (Northern Wu)

hence; therefore; it is because of this
if so; as such

Adverb

乃末 (Northern Wu)

so; thus; as a result
now then
乃末完結！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
乃末完结！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
⁶ne-meq ⁶woe-ciq [Wugniu]
Now everything's ruined!

Synonyms

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以故 (yǐgù) (Classical Chinese)
以是 (yǐshì) (Classical Chinese)
因此 (yīncǐ)
因而 (yīn'ér)
從而／从而 (cóng'ér)
所以
故 (gù) (literary)
故此 (gùcǐ)
故而 (gù'ér)
於是／于是 (yúshì)
於是乎／于是乎 (yúshìhū) (literary)
是以 (shìyǐ) (literary)
是故 (shìgù) (literary)
此以 (cǐyǐ) (literary)
為此／为此 (wèicǐ)