(ná) - to take, to hold, to grab in Mandarin
náTraditional: 拿
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。
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.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 拿.
Used in
Stories
(8)Grammar articles
(8)The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It
The Mandarin 被 (bèi) Passive: Saying Something Was Done To the Subject
Mandarin Complements: 得 for Manner, Directional Endings, and How to Attach a Result to a Verb
Compound Directional Complements in Mandarin: Verb + 起来, 下去, 过来, 出来 and Motion Relative to the Speaker
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
The Mandarin Durative 着 (zhe): Marking a State That Continues (门开着, 拿着书, 笑着说)
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)
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