無乃 in Chinese

IPA: /u³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /u³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: wúnǎi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wúnǎi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wúnǎi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wu²-nai³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wú-nǎi [Mandarin, Yale, standard], wunae [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], унай [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], unaj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard] Forms: 无乃 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 無乃

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    {
      "form": "无乃",
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "無乃",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "glosses": [
        "wouldn't it be; isn't it"
      ],
      "id": "en-無乃-zh-adv-vKFQeSMi",
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          "wouldn't",
          "wouldn't"
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        [
          "be",
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        ],
        [
          "isn't",
          "isn't"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) wouldn't it be; isn't it"
      ],
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        "literary"
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    }
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúnǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúnǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúnǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-nai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-nǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wunae"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "унай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "unaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無乃"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "无乃",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "無乃",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 乃",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wouldn't it be; isn't it"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wouldn't",
          "wouldn't"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "isn't",
          "isn't"
        ],
        [
          "it",
          "it"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) wouldn't it be; isn't it"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúnǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúnǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˊ ㄋㄞˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wúnǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu²-nai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wú-nǎi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wunae"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "унай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "unaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u³⁵ naɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "無乃"
}

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"無乃" meaning in Chinese

Adverb