Chinese Word: 拿 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

拿HSK 3

Pinyin: ná

English Definition: to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把 : to mark the following noun as a direct object)

Chinese Definition:
①用手取，握在手里：拿笔。拿枪。
②掌握，把握：拿主意。拿权。拿手。
③挟制：拿捏(故意刁难人，要挟人)。拿大(自以为比别人强，看不起人，摆架子)。
④侵蚀，侵害：让药水拿白了。
⑤逮捕，捉：拿获。擒拿。拿问。
⑥攻下，占领：一定要把敌人的碉堡拿下来。
⑦介绍，引出对象，相当于“把”：我拿你当亲人看待。
⑧介词，引出所凭借的工具、材料、方法等，相当于“用”：拿笔来写。

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic: 合 indicates the sound; 手 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 合 [ hé ] to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
- 手 [ shǒu ] hand

Similar Characters: 臯

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Example Words

加拿大	jiā ná dà	Canada; Canadian
拿下	ná xià	to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc)	HSK 3
拿手	ná shǒu	expert in; good at	HSK 6
桑拿	sāng ná	sauna (loanword)
捉拿	zhuō ná	to arrest; to catch a criminal

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Example Sentences

1		qǐng 请 ná 拿 yí tào 一套 cān jù 餐具。 Please bring me a set of tableware.
2		wǒ 我 yào 要 ná 拿 zhè 这 běn shū 本书。 I want to take this book.
3		tā 他 ná zhe 拿着 kuài zi 筷子 chī fàn 吃饭。 He eats with chopsticks.
4		wǒ 我 ná 拿 le 了 yī bǎ 一把 sháo zi 勺子。 I took a spoon.
5		tā 她 shǒu lǐ 手里 ná zhe 拿着 yī shù huā 一束花。 She is holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand.

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1		qǐng 请 ná 拿 yí tào 一套 cān jù 餐具。 Please bring me a set of tableware.
2		wǒ 我 yào 要 ná 拿 zhè 这 běn shū 本书。 I want to take this book.
3		tā 他 ná zhe 拿着 kuài zi 筷子 chī fàn 吃饭。 He eats with chopsticks.
4		wǒ 我 ná 拿 le 了 yī bǎ 一把 sháo zi 勺子。 I took a spoon.
5		tā 她 shǒu lǐ 手里 ná zhe 拿着 yī shù huā 一束花。 She is holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand.

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