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木乃伊mù nǎi yī

(loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)

Headword or pronunciation木乃伊

乃nǎi

to be / thus / so / therefore / then / only / thereupon

Headword or pronunciation乃

乃是nǎi shì

equivalent to either 是[shì] or 就是[jiù shì]

Headword or pronunciation乃是

康乃馨kāng nǎi xīn

carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) (loanword)

Headword or pronunciation康乃馨

乃至nǎi zhì

and even / to go so far as to

Headword or pronunciation乃至

乃们nǎi men

you (plural) (slang alternative for 你們|你们[nǐ men])

Headword or pronunciation乃们

乃尔nǎi ěr

thus / like this

Headword or pronunciation乃尔

安乃近ān nǎi jìn

analgin (loanword)

Headword or pronunciation安乃近

木乃伊化mù nǎi yī huà

to mummify / mummification

Headword or pronunciation木乃伊化

欸乃ǎi nǎi

(onom.) (literary) the creaking of a stern-mounted oar

Headword or pronunciation欸乃

百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī

(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liú Yǔ xī]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes

Headword or pronunciation百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医

美乃滋měi nǎi zī

mayonnaise (loanword) (Tw)

Headword or pronunciation美乃滋

乃堆拉Nǎi duī lā

Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)

Headword or pronunciation乃堆拉

乃堆拉山口Nǎi duī lā Shān kǒu

Nathu La (Himalayan pass on the Silk Road between Tibet and the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim)

Headword or pronunciation乃堆拉山口

乃东区Nǎi dōng Qū

Nedong, a district of Shannan City 山南市[Shān nán Shì], Tibet