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HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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Definitions

  1. 1. to seize
  2. 2. to catch
  3. 3. to apprehend
  4. 4. to take

Example Sentences

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起來。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1231045)

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Words Containing 拿

玛拿西
mǎ ná xī

Manasseh (son of Hezekiah)

稳拿
wěn ná

a sure gain

拿铁咖啡
ná tiě kā fēi

caffe latte

桑拿
sāng ná

sauna (loanword)

拿手菜
ná shǒu cài

specialty (dish)

波拿巴
bō ná bā

Bonaparte (name)

吞拿
tūn ná

tuna (loanword)

蒙大拿
méng dà ná

Montana, US state

手拿包
shǒu ná bāo

clutch bag

拿主意
ná zhǔ yi

to make a decision

拿不出手
ná bù chū shǒu

not presentable

吞拿鱼
tūn ná yú

tuna (loanword)

大拿
dà ná

(coll.) man in power

拿顺
ná shùn

Nashon (son of Amminadab)

推拿
tuī ná

tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)

拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn

to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

加拿大皇家海军
jiā ná dà huáng jiā hǎi jūn

Royal Canadian Navy

加拿大
jiā ná dà

Canada

瓜拿纳
guā ná nà

guarana (Paullinia cupana)

亚米拿达
yà mǐ ná dá

Amminadab (son of Ram)

拿来
ná lái

to bring

拿到
ná dào

to get

拿大
ná dà

to put on airs

拿人
ná rén

making things awkward

拿你没办法
ná nǐ méi bàn fǎ

don't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation)

拿摩温
ná mó wēn

see 那摩溫|那摩温[nà mó wēn]

拿铁
ná tiě

latte (loanword)

阿芒拿
ā máng ná

(chemistry) ammonal (loanword)

拿你没辙
ná nǐ méi zhé

see 拿你沒辦法|拿你没办法[ná nǐ méi bàn fǎ]

约拿书
yuē ná shū

Book of Jonah

捉拿
zhuō ná

to arrest

拿乔
ná qiáo

pretentious

一把死拿
yī bǎ sǐ ná

stubborn

多拿滋
duō ná zī

doughnut (loanword)

加拿大皇家
jiā ná dà huáng jiā

HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship)

捉拿归案
zhuō ná guī àn

to bring to justice

拿办
ná bàn

to arrest for punishment

拿手
ná shǒu

expert in

拿不动
ná bu dòng

to be unable to lift (sth); to find (sth) too heavy

拿破仑·波拿巴
ná pò lún · bō ná bā

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815

十拿九稳
shí ná jiǔ wěn

to be a cinch

拿不准
ná bù zhǔn

in doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive

吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn

lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)

加拿大雁
jiā ná dà yàn

(bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)

拘拿
jū ná

to arrest

圣赫勒拿
shèng hè lēi ná

St Helena

拿捕
ná bǔ

to detain

拿起
ná qǐ

to pick up

墨西拿海峡
mò xī ná hǎi xiá

Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily

拿破仑
ná pò lún

Napoleon (name)

拿捏
ná niē

to grasp

拿撒勒
ná sǎ lè

Nazareth (in Biblical Palestine)

拿出
ná chū

to take out

捕拿
bǔ ná

to arrest

挟细拿粗
xié xì ná cū

to provoke

巴拿马运河
bā ná mǎ yùn hé

Panama Canal

吃拿卡要
chī ná qiǎ yào

dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes

墨西拿
mò xī ná

Messina, Sicilian city

拿顶
ná dǐng

to do a handstand

拿走
ná zǒu

to take away

拿得起放得下
ná de qǐ fàng de xià

lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)

拿架子
ná jià zi

to throw one's weight around

拿俄米
ná é mǐ

Naomi (name)

巴拿马城
bā ná mǎ chéng

Panama City

拿来主义
ná lái zhǔ yì

the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)

狗拿耗子
gǒu ná hào zi

lit. a dog who catches mice

哈拿
hā ná

Hannah (biblical figure)

加拿大太平洋铁路
jiā ná dà tài píng yáng tiě lù

Canadian Pacific Railway

代拿买特
dài ná mǎi tè

dynamite (loanword)

拿获
ná huò

to capture

拿下
ná xià

to arrest

拿骚
ná sāo

Nassau, capital of The Bahamas

圣赫勒拿岛
shèng hè lè ná dǎo

Saint Helena

缉拿
jī ná

to arrest

汉拿山
hàn ná shān

Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea

拿大顶
ná dà dǐng

to do a handstand

蒙大拿州
méng dà ná zhōu

Montana, US state

士巴拿
shì bā ná

(dialect) spanner (loanword)

拿手好戏
ná shǒu hǎo xì

the role an actor plays best (idiom)

巴拿马
bā ná mǎ

Panama