乃是

equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]

Characters and words in 乃是

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]
variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a skull, from "to be or not to be".

Sherlock Holmes (sh) starts his day in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a mug of coffee (旦). Holding a skull (mnemonic symbol for 是) in his hands, he asks himself "to be, or not to be" (是). He wonders if he can make the skull come back to life using lots of coffee, and injects coffee from his mug into the skull using a syringe (龰).

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a skull, from "to be or not to be".

Sherlock Holmes (sh) watches the Neanderthal Man (人) trying to climb to the sun (日) on a ladder (下) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Sherlock is afraid that he'll open the window, so he puts on a big skull (是) and scares him off.

Words with 乃是

乃是 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 乃是

zhè
tia̅n
shàng
nǎi
shì
shén
xia̅n
jìng
jiè