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拿

ná

HSK 3 Character

What 拿 means

1. to hold
2. to seize
3. to catch
4. to apprehend
5. to take
6. (used in the same way as {把|bǎ}: to mark the following noun as a direct object)

Other readings

拿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• náold variant of {拿|ná}
• návariant of {拿|ná}

Example sentences

• 拿走。
  Take it away.
• 拿起来。
  Pick it up.
• 拿走吧。
  Take it.
• 拿我的。
  Take mine.
• 你拿吗?
  Did you take it?
• 拿本书读！
  Take a book and read it.

Words starting with 拿

• 拿手ná shǒuexpert in; good at
• 拿出ná chūto take out; to put out; to provide
• 拿起ná qǐto pick up
• 拿来ná láito bring; to fetch; to get
• 拿走ná zǒuto take away
• 拿下ná xiàto arrest; to capture; to seize
• 拿不准ná bù zhǔnin doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive
• 拿捏ná niē(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy…
• 拿人ná rénmaking things awkward; to cause difficulties; to exert influence
• 拿手好戏ná shǒu hǎo xìthe role an actor plays best (idiom); (fig.) one's specialty; one's forte
• 拿主意ná zhǔ yito make a decision; to make up one's mind
• 拿到ná dàoto get; to obtain
• 拿大ná dàto put on airs; self-important; high and mighty
• 拿权ná quánto hold power; to be in control
• 拿获ná huòto capture; to apprehend
• 拿索Ná suǒNassau, capital of The Bahamas (Tw)
• 拿办ná bànto arrest for punishment
• 拿不动ná bu dòngto be unable to lift (sth); to find (sth) too heavy
• 拿架子ná jià zito throw one's weight around; to put on airs
• 拿不出手ná bù chū shǒunot presentable; shoddy and too embarrassing to show
• 拿来主义ná lái zhǔ yìthe attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
• 拿你没办法ná nǐ méi bàn fǎdon't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation)
• 拿得起放得下ná de qǐ fàng de xiàlit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom); fig. to take what comes…
• 拿铁ná tiělatte (loanword)

Words containing 拿

• 加拿大Jiā ná dàCanada
• 桑拿sāng ná(loanword) sauna
• 巴拿马Bā ná mǎPanama
• 捉拿zhuō náto arrest; to catch a criminal
• 缉拿jī náto arrest; to seize
• 推拿tuī nátui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)
• 大拿dà ná(colloquial) man in power; boss; authority
• 手拿shǒu náto hold in one's hand
• 士巴拿shì bā ná(dialect) spanner (loanword)
• 手拿包shǒu ná bāoclutch bag
• 约拿书Yuē ná shūBook of Jonah
• 亚米拿达Yà mǐ ná dáAmminadab (son of Ram)
• 巴拿马城Bā ná mǎ ChéngPanama City
• 哈拿Hā náHannah (biblical figure)
• 代拿买特dài ná mǎi tè(loanword) dynamite
• 多拿滋duō ná zīdoughnut (loanword)
• 吃拿卡要chī ná qiǎ yàodinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes…
• 稳拿wěn náa sure gain; sth one is sure to obtain
• 蒙大拿Méng dà náMontana, US state
• 巴拿马运河Bā ná mǎ Yùn héPanama Canal
• 墨西拿Mò xī náMessina, Sicilian city
• 捕拿bǔ náto arrest; to capture; to catch
• 圣赫勒拿Shèng hè lēi náSt Helena
• 圣赫勒拿岛Shèng hè lè ná DǎoSaint Helena

Characters built on 合

These share the phonetic component 合 (hé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 哈hā(interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore
• 答dáto answer; to reply; to respond
• 峇bā(used in transliteration)
• 铪hāhafnium (chemistry)
• 荅dāvariant of 答

Characters that look like 拿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 章zhāngchapter; section; clause
• 盘pántray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing; bound form) disk
• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
• 晕yūnconfused; dizzy; giddy
• 挚zhìsincere
• 龛kān(bound form) niche; shrine

Sounds the same

Read ná, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 镎neptunium (chemistry)
• 挐to apprehend; to take