乃

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

variant of 乃[nai3]

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

mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)

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

carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) (loanword)

and even / to go so far as to

analgin (loanword)

mayonnaise (loanword) (Tw)

Mount Sinai

(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) 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

Connecticut, US state (Tw)

to mummify / mummification