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

ná

Traditional: 拿

HSK 2

#144 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to take, to hold, to grab

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

拿

Examples

。

Bring the book here.

。

You hold this.

。

He took my money.

李lǐ。

Please help me carry the luggage.

。

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.

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Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 拿.

拿到ná dàoto obtain, to get, to receive 拿走ná zǒuto take away, to carry off

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