拿 ná
verb | preposition
: to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take
none applicable
だ da
拿… 来说[來說] na2…lai2shou1: speaking of …; to take…for example
拿手 na2shou3: expert in; good at
拿出 na2chu1: to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
拿下 na2xia4: to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc)
拿著[着] na2zhe: keep
拿走 na2 zou3: to take away
吞拿 tun1na2: tuna (loanword)
拘拿 ju1na2: to arrest
拿捕 na2bu3: to detain; to apprehend; to capture
[拿捕 | だほ daho: capture; seizure]
捕拿 bu3na2: to arrest; to capture; to catch
加拿大 jia1 na2 da4: Canada
一把死拿 yi1 ba3 si3 na2: stubborn; inflexible
Chinese idiom
拿得起放得下 na2 de qi3 fang4 de xia4
: to be adaptable to circumstances
拿著雞毛當令箭 [拿着鸡毛当令箭]
na2 zhe5 ji1 mao2 dang4 ling4 jian4
: to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority; to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短
chi1 ren2 jia1 de5 zui3 ruan3 , na2 ren2 jia1 de5 shou3 duan3
: lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn’t reach. fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
会意 Associative Compound.
Hand 手 (shou3: hand radical 64)
joining 合 (he2: combine)
old variant:㧱 [拿] na2
㧱 chen4: to bring, to take, to apprehend =
合 he2: combine, unite, join; gather +
手 shou3: hand
historical variant / semantic: 拏 [拿] na2
形声 Pictophonetic.
手 (shou3: hand radical 64) suggests the meaning while
奴 (nu2: slave) provides the sound.
Examples:
拿你想要讀的書。
na2 ni3 xiang3yao4 du2 de shu1.
Take the book you want to read.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
