Dictionary › 拿
拿
ná
拿 (ná) means "to hold; to seize; to catch". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.
What 拿 means
- to hold
- to seize
- to catch
- to apprehend
- to take
- (used in the same way as {把|bǎ}: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
Other readings
Example sentences
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拿走。Take it away.
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拿起来。Pick it up.
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拿走吧。Take it.
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拿我的。Take mine.
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你拿吗?Did you take it?
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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.
Where 拿 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Daily Actions & Household Chores (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 7 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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