拿 ná

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

拿 ná

Contains the radical

手 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱合手 hé shǒu

Semantic compound

手 shǒu

Phonetic compound

合 gě

Explanation

Depicts bringing the hands (手 shǒu ) together (合 gě ) to hold (拿 ná ) something.

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" 愿 yuàn 不 bù 愿意 yuànyì 让 ràng 我 wǒ 拿 ná 到 dào 亚特兰大 Yà tè lán dà ,去刻上 shǎng 几个 jǐ ge 字 zì 呀 ya ?

" Would you like for me to take it to Atlanta and have it engraved? "

唉 āi 呀 ya ! 旅行袋 lǚ xíng dài 忘 wàng 了 le 拿 ná 了 le .

Oh dear! The travelling bag has been left behind.

你 nǐ 摊 tān 开 kāi 手 shǒu ,让 ràng 我 wǒ 看 kān 看你拿 ná 的 de 是 shì 什么 shénme .

Open your hand and let me see what you have in it.

快给我拿 ná 到 dào 地下室 dì xià shì 里 lǐ ,丢 diū 到 dào 火炉 huǒ lú 里 lǐ .

Take it down to the basement and throw it into the furnace. "

我 wǒ 刚 gāng 把 bǎ 她 tā 的 de 生日 shēngrì 贺卡 hè kǎ 拿 ná 去 qù 邮局 yóujú 寄 jì .

I've just taken her birthday card down to the post.

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 拿 ná in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
拿 ná	to hold	拿 ná
拿出 ná chū	to take out	拿出 ná chū
加拿大 Jiā ná dà	Canada	加拿大 Jiā ná dà
拿走 ná zǒu	to take away	拿走 ná zǒu
拿起 ná qǐ	to pick up	拿起 ná qǐ
拿来 ná lái	to bring	拿來
拿手 náshǒu	expert in	拿手 náshǒu
拿破仑 Ná pò lún	Napoleon (name)	拿破崙
拿下 ná xià	to arrest	拿下 ná xià
巴拿马 Bā ná mǎ	Panama	巴拿馬
桑拿 sāng ná	sauna (loanword)	桑拿 sāng ná
推拿 tuī ná	tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)	推拿 tuī ná
缉拿 jī ná	to arrest	緝拿
捉拿 zhuō ná	to arrest	捉拿 zhuō ná
拿人 ná rén	making things awkward	拿人 ná rén
蒙大拿 Méng dà ná	Montana, US state	蒙大拿 Méng dà ná
拿大 ná dà	to put on airs	拿大 ná dà
捉拿归案 zhuō ná guī àn	to bring to justice	捉拿歸案
十拿九稳 shí ná jiǔ wěn	to be a cinch	十拿九穩
蒙大拿州 Méng dà ná zhōu	Montana, US state	蒙大拿州 Méng dà ná zhōu
拿来主义 ná lái zhǔ yì	the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)	拿來主義
巴拿马运河 Bā ná mǎ Yùn hé	Panama Canal	巴拿馬運河
拿主意 ná zhǔ yi	to make a decision	拿主意 ná zhǔ yi
拿撒勒 Ná sǎ lè	Nazareth (in Biblical Palestine)	拿撒勒 Ná sǎ lè