HSK C7-9/V7-9
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Strokes

Definition

to be/thus/so/therefore/then/only/thereupon

Example

As a Verb
be
1
yào
需要
nǎi
míng
发明
zhī
  

Necessity is the mother of inventions.

2
Zhēn
nǎi
guàishì
怪事
  

It's really strange.

As an Adverb
so; therefore
3
yīn
mǎn
不满
dāngcháo
当朝
  
,
nǎi
yǐn
隐居
shān
zhōng
  

Discontented with the authority, he lived in seclusion in a mountain.

As an Adverb
only after; then
4
yào
服药
hòu
bìng
nǎi
huǎnjiě
缓解
  

Only after taking the medicine did his conditions improve.

As a Pronoun
your
5
Nǎi
xiōng

your brother

6
Nǎi
wēng

your father