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拿 ná

verb | preposition
: to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take

Kun Reading
none applicable

On Reading

だ da

 Usage:

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

 Etymology:
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