Pāli Dictionary

nanu

Part of speech

indeclinable

Antonyms

nu

general

  • 难道不……吗？；岂非？；不是吗？（表反问，期望肯定回答）

  • is it not?; surely?; wouldn’t it? (particle of interrogation expecting an affirmative answer)

  • SN 35.87

    nanu te, sāriputta, channena bhikkhunā sammukhā'y'eva anupavajjatā byākatā'ti?

  • DN 16

    alaṃ, ānanda, mā soci mā paridevi nanu etaṃ, ānanda, mayā paṭikacc'eva akkhātaṃ sabbeh'eva piyehi manāpehi nānābhāvo vinābhāvo aññathābhāvo

  • 确实；当然；必定；诚然

  • certainly; surely; indeed; of course

  • SN 35.87

    nanu te, sāriputta, channena bhikkhunā sammukhā'y'eva anupavajjatā byākatā'ti?

  • DN 16

    alaṃ, ānanda, mā soci mā paridevi nanu etaṃ, ānanda, mayā paṭikacc'eva akkhātaṃ sabbeh'eva piyehi manāpehi nānābhāvo vinābhāvo aññathābhāvo

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

naanu
  1. na

    不；非；没有（否定小品词；复合词中亦作否定前缀）

  2. anu

    沿着；在旁边；随行在后（空间义）

nuanu
  1. nu

    疑问与怀疑语气词；是否、究竟、到底、难道（常与疑问代词连用）

  2. anu

    沿着；在旁边；随行在后（空间义）

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