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

A poltergeist. The poltergeist is wearing a hood and stretching out his arms as he is moving to the right hand side.
variant of 乃[nai3]

乃 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]

Pocahontas (pi-) is eating a banana (丿) in the elevator's living room (-e3).

Characters with 乃 as component

variant of 嬭|奶[nai3]

= + : Bessie Coleman (女) got two babies: baby Napoleon (n) and baby poltergeist (乃). She breastfeeds (奶) them inside of the airplane (ai3).
mother / variant of 奶[nai3]

= + : Bessie Coleman (女) got two babies: baby Napoleon (n) and baby poltergeist (乃). She breastfeeds (奶) them inside of the airplane (ai3).
breast / milk / to breastfeed

= + : Bessie Coleman (女) got two babies: baby Napoleon (n) and baby poltergeist (乃). She breastfeeds (奶) them inside of the airplane (ai3).
and / to reach / up to / in time for

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Chinese General 宇文化及 (yu3 wen2 hua4 ji2) from the seventh century.

= + : Just inside the space station's entrance a poltergeist is harassing Joan of Arc and Yuwen Huaji by pointing with his fingers at them.
still / yet / to remain

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) want to drive a poltergeist (乃) out of the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2), yet (仍) even after days of exquisite exorcism the poltergeist is not impressed and remains (仍) where he has ever been.
still; yet / to remain / (literary) frequently; often
handsome / refined / elegant / graceful / superior / show (loanword) / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of crops) to produce ears

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a talent show.

Marie Curie (xi) is preparing for her performance (秀) in a talent show (秀) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). She will be juggling lots of bowls of cereals (禾) without spilling the cereals. Her secret is that she convinced a poltergeist (乃) to help her, which will make itself invisible during the show and handle the cereals for her.
to throw / to throw away

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) got a job as ghost buster in front of the engine ((e)ng1). With a toy claw (扌) he grabs the poltergeists (乃) and with a big swing throws them out (扔).
full / filled / surplus

= + + : Maud Younger (y) is boxing (又) with the poltergeist (乃) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). It is a very fierce match: all the small bowls (皿) standing around are already filled (盈) with their blood.
pregnant

= + : Yu the Great (yu) has been dating a poltergeist (乃) recently in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) and now she has to tell him that she is pregnant (孕) with his egg (子).
meaningful / significant

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to do a meaningful job like working with disabled people or the elderly.

The poltergeist (乃) decided to change his life by switching to a meaningful (隽) job. Nowadays he is helping people like Zeus (ju) to drive out the sparrows (隹) out of the anthill's bathroom (an4) by scaring them away.
variant of 俊[jun4]

Words with 乃

equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]
and even / to go so far as to
analgin (loanword)
Nêdong county, Tibetan: Sne gdong rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet
Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
thus / like this
Jeminay county or Jéminey nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Jeminay county or Jéminey nahiyisi in Altay prefecture 阿勒泰地區|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
Nêdong county, Tibetan: Sne gdong rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[Shan1 nan2 di4 qu1], Tibet

Sentences with 乃

zhè
tia̅n
shàng
nǎi
shì
shén
xia̅n
jìng
jiè