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纳

nà

HSK 5 Character Traditional 納

What 纳 means

1. to receive
2. to accept
3. to enjoy
4. to bring into
5. to pay (tax etc)
6. nano- (one billionth)
7. to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing

Other readings

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

• Nàsurname Na

Example sentences

• 纳命来赎罪。
  Repay your sins with your life.
• 纳美语好学吗？
  Nà Měiyǔ hàoxué ma?
  Is the Na'vi language good to learn?
• 滞纳金是多少？
  Zhìnàjīn shì duōshao?
  How much is the late fee?
• 我想学纳美语。
  Wǒ xiǎng xué nà Měiyǔ.
  I would like to learn the Na'vi language.
• 梅纳德能理解。
  Mennad understands.
• 你会说纳美语吗？
  Nǐ huì shuō nà Měiyǔ ma?
  Can you speak the Na'vi language?

Words starting with 纳

• 纳闷nà mènpuzzled; bewildered
• 纳入nà rùto bring into; to channel into; to integrate into
• 纳粹Nà cuìNazi (loanword)
• 纳税nà shuìto pay taxes
• 纳税人nà shuì réntaxpayer
• 纳米nà mǐnanometer
• 纳西Nà xīNakhi ethnic group
• 纳斯达克Nà sī dá kèNasdaq (stock exchange)
• 纳西族Nà xī zúNakhi ethnic group
• 纳凉nà liángto enjoy the cool air
• 纳木错Nà mù cuòNamtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
• 纳尼nà ní(net slang) what? (loanword from Japanese 何 なに nani)
• 纳指Nà zhǐNasdaq Composite Index (abbr. for 纳斯达克指数
• 纳新nà xīnto accept the new; to take fresh (air); fig. to accept new members…
• 纳尼亚Nà ní yàNarnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis
• 纳兰性德Nà lán Xìng déNalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet
• 纳星nà xīngnanosatellite
• 纳米技术nà mǐ jì shùnanotechnology
• 纳米比亚Nà mǐ bǐ yàNamibia
• 纳卫星nà wèi xīngnanosatellite
• 纳瓦特尔语Nà wǎ tè ěr yǔNahuatl (language)
• 纳瓦萨Nà wǎ sàNavassa
• 纳福nà fúto accept a life of ease; to enjoy a comfortable retirement
• 纳吉布Nà jí bùMohamed Naguib (1901–1984), first president of the Republic of Egypt…

Words containing 纳

• 归纳guī nàto sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts
• 容纳róng nàto hold; to contain; to accommodate
• 缴纳jiǎo nàto pay (taxes etc)
• 采纳cǎi nàto accept; to adopt
• 维也纳Wéi yě nàVienna, capital of Austria
• 交纳jiāo nàto pay (taxes or dues)
• 接纳jiē nàto admit or welcome (into a group); to accept (sb or sth)
• 吸纳xī nàto take in; to absorb; to admit
• 阿森纳Ā sēn nàArsenal Football Club
• 唐纳Táng nàTanner or Donald (name)
• 维纳斯Wéi nà sīVenus (mythology, Roman goddess of love)
• 出纳chū nàcashier; to receive and hand over payment; to lend and borrow books
• 塞纳河Sài nà HéSeine
• 摩纳哥Mó nà gēMonaco
• 加纳Jiā nàGhana
• 马拉多纳Mǎ lā duō nàDiego Maradona (1960–2020), Argentine footballer
• 萧伯纳Xiāo bó nàGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer
• 受纳shòu nàto accept; to receive (tribute)
• 收纳shōu nàto receive; to accept; to take in
• 真纳Zhēn nà(Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (founder of Pakistan)
• 约纳Yuē nàJonah
• 结纳jié nàto make friends; to form friendship
• 罗纳Luó nàRhone, river of Switzerland and France
• 集纳jí nàto collect; to gather together

Characters built on 内

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

• 呐nàbattle cry
• 钠nàsodium (chemistry)
• 衲nàcassock; to line
• 肭nàused in 腽肭

Characters that look like 纳

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

• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc
• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 圳zhèn(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. zùn); used in place names, notably 深圳
• 驹jūcolt

Sounds the same

Read nà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 那(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi); (pronoun) that…
• 娜(phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜
• 呐battle cry
• 衲cassock; to line
• 捺to press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…
• 钠sodium (chemistry)
• 軜inner reins of a 4-horse team
• 肭used in 腽肭