乃是 nǎishì to be Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 乃是 nǎishì to be to be; to be none other than; specifically used to emphasize the identity of a person or thing, equivalent to 是 shì or 就是 jiùshì actually be actually be; but is; used for contrast when the reality differs from a previous statement or expectation turn out to be to turn out to be; to find that something is actually; used when a situation is clarified or revealed Frequency Movie subtitles 1.58 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 12.7 per million Cross-References See 是 shì就是 jiùshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
乃是 nǎishì to be to be; to be none other than; specifically used to emphasize the identity of a person or thing, equivalent to 是 shì or 就是 jiùshì actually be actually be; but is; used for contrast when the reality differs from a previous statement or expectation turn out to be to turn out to be; to find that something is actually; used when a situation is clarified or revealed Frequency Movie subtitles 1.58 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 12.7 per million Cross-References See 是 shì就是 jiùshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)