This paper examines [X nan] construction with data taken from Academia Sinica Balanced Corpus of Mandarin Chinese (Academia Sinica 2017) and Newspapers in Taiwan 2.0 (TudorTech 2017). Semantic prosody and negativity bias, etc. built the theoretical framework of this study. Our research questions ask: (1) How does this construction develop semantically and morphologically? And (2) What are the motivations operating behind the development of [X nan]? The findings show that, semantically, [X nan] extents from expressing inner state, outer appearance, to denote motion event. Morphologically, its collocates can cover adjective, noun phrase, noun + verb + noun, or sentences. [X nan] renders a non-linear development, just as Traugott and Trousdale (2013) proposed for constructionalization. This construction is an outcome of social progress; media, internet and globalization all participate in its development. Moreover, the language users apt to employ novel and interesting usages, apply thinking in metonymy, carry out cognitive economy which all push -nan to advance its role being a quasi-suffix.