(ná) - to take, to hold, to grab in Mandarin

ná

Traditional: 拿

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Translation

to take, to hold, to grab

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Word origin

拿 (ná) 'to take, to hold' is an ideograph combining 合 'to join, close' over 手 'hand', depicting a hand closing around something to grasp it.

Origin
ideograph
Root
合 (join, close) + 手 (hand)

Stroke order

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Examples

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Bring the book here.

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You hold this.

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He took my money.

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Please help me carry the luggage.

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He is holding a bunch of flowers.

拿 (ná) means to take, to hold, to grab. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

Where this fits

Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 拿.

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 4: 拿, 中, 然后 and 7 more words.