wú​nǎi

[rhetorical question]

  • created reference approved 无乃/無乃 → 莫非 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无乃 / 無乃 wú​nǎi

    莫非 mò​fēi

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 无乃/無乃 → 只怕 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无乃 / 無乃 wú​nǎi

    只怕 zhǐ​pà

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 无乃/無乃 · wú​nǎi · [rhetorical question] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无乃 / 無乃

    wú​nǎi

    [rhetorical question]

    (literary) Used to introduce a rhetorical question or a speculation, meaning "is it not...?" or "perhaps it is...".

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 乃 (literal) → 乃 · nǎi · to be

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense