毋乃

Chinese

		no; not	to be; thus; so to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
simp. and trad. (毋乃)		毋	乃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúnǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ naai⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúnǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnǎi
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-nai³
    • Yale: wú-nǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wunae
    • Palladius: унай (unaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ naai⁵
    • Yale: mòuh náaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ naai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ nai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ naːi̯¹³/

Verb

毋乃

1. (archaic) it is none other than

Usage notes

• The modern literary equivalent would be something like 莫非 (mòfēi) or 豈非／岂非 (qǐfēi).