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

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

(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).

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