拿 - ná - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 3 - Medium
10 strokes
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拿

ná

Definition

to hold
你手里拿的是什么？

What are you holding in your hand?
to take

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

to hug

neptunium (chemistry)

Related words (49)

拿下

ná xià

to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc)

拿乔

ná qiáo

pretentious; striking a pose

拿人

ná rén

making things awkward; to cause difficulties; to exert influence; to attract

拿出

ná chū

to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)

拿办

ná bàn

to arrest for punishment

拿大

ná dà

to put on airs; self-important; high and mighty

拿手

ná shǒu

expert (in); good (at)

拿捏

ná niē

to grasp; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; to create difficulties

拿捕

ná bǔ

to detain; to apprehend; to capture

拿权

ná quán

to hold power; in the driving seat

拿来

ná lái

to bring; to fetch; to get

拿获

ná huò

to capture; to apprehend

to take away

to pick up

latte (loanword)

to do a handstand

in doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive

拿不动

ná bu dòng

to be unable to carry; lift (sth heavy)

拿主意

ná zhǔ yi

to make a decision; to make up one's mind

拿出手

ná chū shǒu

not presentable; not fit to be seen in company

to do a handstand

specialty (dish)

see 那摩温

to throw one's weight around; to put on airs

拿不出手

ná bù chū shǒu

not presentable; shoddy and too embarrassing to show

拿来主义

ná lái zhǔ yì

the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)

拿铁咖啡

ná tiě kā fēi

latte (coffee); café latte

拿你没办法

ná nǐ méi bàn fǎ

don't know what to do with you; can't really say no to you

tuna (loanword)

(coll.) man in power; boss; authority; expert

to arrest

to arrest; to catch a criminal

捕拿

bǔ ná

to arrest; to capture; to catch

推拿

tuī ná

tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)

sauna (loanword)

a sure gain; sth one is sure to obtain

to arrest; to seize

tuna (loanword)

(dialect) spanner (loanword)

doughnut (loanword)

clutch bag

guarana (Paullinia cupana)

阿芒拿

ā máng ná

(chemistry) ammonal (loanword)

stubborn; inflexible

dynamite (loanword)

extremely certain; ninety percent sure

吃拿卡要

chī ná qiǎ yào

dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes; all kinds of abuse of power

to provoke

to bring to justice

Idioms (3)

拿得起放得下

ná de qǐ fàng de xià

to be adaptable to circumstances (idiom)

拿着鸡毛当令箭

ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn

to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

狗拿耗子

gǒu ná hào zi

(lit.) a dog who catches mice; to be meddlesome (idiom)

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