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Definitions

  1. 1. to receive
  2. 2. to accept
  3. 3. to enjoy
  4. 4. to bring into
  5. 5. to pay (tax etc)
  6. 6. nano- (one billionth)
  7. 7. to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing

Words Containing 纳

纳闷
nà mèn

puzzled

莱昂纳多
lái áng nà duō

Leonardo (name)

印第安纳波利斯
yìn dì ān nà bō lì sī

Indianapolis, Indiana

格林纳达
gé lín nà dá

Grenada

马纳马
mǎ nà mǎ

Manama, capital of Bahrain

马拉多纳
mǎ lā duō nà

Diego Maradona (1960-), Argentine footballer

纳木错
nà mù cuò

Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet

瓦尔纳
wǎ ěr nà

Varna (city in Bulgaria)

北卡罗来纳
běi kǎ luó lái nà

North Carolina, US state

金鸡纳
jīn jī nà

quinine (Cinchona ledgeriana)

纳粹主义
nà cuì zhǔ yì

Nazism

库纳
kù nà

kuna (Croatian currency)

额济纳地区
é jì nà dì qū

Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)

纳罕
nà hǎn

bewildered

纳扎尔巴耶夫
nà zhā ěr bā yē fū

Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940-), president of Kazakhstan 1990-2019

纳贿
nà huì

bribery

玉龙纳西族自治县
yù lóng nà xī zú zì zhì xiàn

Yulong Naxi autonomous county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[lì jiāng], Yunnan

解百纳
jiě bǎi nà

Cabernet (grape type)

纳贡
nà gòng

to pay tribute

玛纳斯
mǎ nà sī

Manas, hero of Kyrghiz epic saga

梅纳德
méi nà dé

Maynard (name)

纳赫雄
nà hè xióng

Nahshon (name)

桑塔纳
sāng tǎ nà

Santana (name)

格拉纳达
gé lā nà dá

Granada, Spain

摩德纳
mó dé nà

Modena, Italy

印第安纳州
yìn dì ān nà zhōu

Indiana, US state

缴纳
jiǎo nà

to pay (taxes etc)

纳米技术
nà mǐ jì shù

nanotechnology

拉纳卡
lā nà kǎ

Larnaca (city in Cyprus)

昂纳克
áng nà kè

Honecker (name)

普里什蒂纳
pǔ lǐ shí dì nà

Pristina, capital of Kosovo 科索沃

泰米尔纳德
tài mǐ ěr nà dé

Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[qīn nài]

塞纳河
sāi nà hé
额济纳旗
é jì nà qí

Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)

纳宠
nà chǒng

to take a concubine

田纳西
tián nà xī

Tennessee

奥克斯纳德
ào kè sī nà dé

Oxnard, California

加纳
jiā nà

Ghana

采纳
cǎi nà

to accept

额济纳
é jì nà

Ejin Banner in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)

归纳法
guī nà fǎ

induction (method of deduction in logic)

索杰纳
suǒ jié nà

Sojourner (Martian land rover)

富纳富提
fù nà fù tí

Funafuti, capital of Tuvalu

纳皮尔
nà pí ěr

Napier (name)

杜嘉班纳
dù jiā bān nà

Dolce & Gabbana (fashion)

额济纳河
é jì nà hé

Ejin River in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia

纳粹德国
nà cuì dé guó

Nazi Germany (1933-1945)

胂凡纳明
shèn fán nà míng

arsphenamine

纳什维尔
nà shí wéi ěr

Nashville, capital of Tennessee

瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān

lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)

摩纳哥
mó nà gē

Monaco

玛纳斯河
mǎ nà sī hé

Manas River, Xinjiang

归纳推理
guī nà tuī lǐ

inductive reasoning

韦格纳
wéi gé nà

Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift

滞纳
zhì nà

overdue (payment)

纳星
nà xīng

nanosatellite

印地安纳州
yìn dì ān nà zhōu

Indiana, US state

魏格纳
wèi gé nà

Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift

奥康纳
ào kāng nà

O'Connor (name)

努纳武特
nǔ nà wǔ tè

Nunavut territory, Canada

纳税人
nà shuì rén

taxpayer

亚利桑纳州
yà lì sāng nà zhōu

state of Arizona

马尔维纳斯群岛
mǎ ěr wéi nà sī qún dǎo

Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands)

欧纳西斯
ōu nà xī sī

see 奧納西斯|奥纳西斯[ào nà xī sī]

田纳西州
tián nà xī zhōu

Tennessee

甘纳豆
gān nà dòu

amanattō, traditional Japanese sweets made from azuki or other beans

海纳百川
hǎi nà bǎi chuān

all rivers run into the sea

纳新
nà xīn

to accept the new

容纳
róng nà

to contain

集纳
jí nà

to collect

卡纳塔克邦
kǎ nà tǎ kè bāng

Karnataka, southwest Indian state, capital Bangalore 班加羅爾|班加罗尔[bān jiā luó ěr]

纳尼亚传奇
nà ní yà chuán qí

The Chronicles of Narnia, children's stories by C.S. Lewis

额尔古纳河
é ěr gǔ nà hé

Argun River of Mongolia and Heilongjiang province, tributary of Heilongjiang River 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng]

约纳
yuē nà

Jonah

纳闷儿
nà mèn r

puzzled

纳瓦萨
nà wǎ sà

Navassa

甘纳许
gān nà xǔ

ganache (loanword)

米纳尔迪
mǐ nà ěr dí

Minardi, Formula 1 racing team

声纳
shēng nà

sonar (loanword)

瓜拿纳
guā ná nà

guarana (Paullinia cupana)

布基纳法索
bù jī nà fǎ suǒ

Burkina Faso

纳福
nà fú

to accept a life of ease

哂纳
shěn nà

(literary) please kindly accept

马利亚纳海沟
mǎ lì yà nà hǎi gōu

Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)

奥纳西斯
ào nà xī sī

Onassis (name)

维也纳
wéi yě nà

Vienna, capital of Austria

儒勒·凡尔纳
rú lè · fán ěr nà

Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories

西双版纳州
xī shuāng bǎn nà zhōu

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan 雲南|云南[yún nán]

纳尔逊
nà ěr xùn

Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero

纳尼
nà ní

(Internet slang) what? (loanword from Japanese 何 なに nani)

喀纳斯湖
kā nà sī hú

Kanas Lake in Xinjiang

北卡罗来纳州
běi kǎ luó lái nà zhōu

North Carolina, US state

藏污纳垢
cáng wū nà gòu

to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing

威廉·福克纳
wēi lián · fú kè nà

William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet

贝纳通
bèi nà tōng

Benetton, clothes company

藏垢纳污
cáng gòu nà wū

to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing

阿鲁纳恰尔邦
ā lǔ nà qià ěr bāng

Arunachal Pradesh, a state of India in the northeast of the country, occupying an area claimed by China in an ongoing sovereignty dispute

玛纳斯镇
mǎ nà sī zhèn

Manas town in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[chāng jí huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

纳闽
nà mǐn

Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲

招降纳叛
zhāo xiáng nà pàn

to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains

爱留根纳
ài liú gēn nà

Eriugena, John Scottus (c. 810-880) Irish poet, theologian, and philosopher of Neoplatonism

华纳音乐集团
huá nà yīn yuè jí tuán

Warner Music Group

卡纳维尔角
kǎ nà wéi ěr jiǎo

Cape Canaveral, Florida

纳斯达克
nà sī dá kè

NASDAQ (stock exchange)

斯堪的纳维亚
sī kān dì nà wéi yà

Scandinavia

纳卫星
nà wèi xīng

nanosatellite

托马斯·阿奎纳
tuō mǎ sī · ā kuí nà

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition

砷凡纳明
shēn fán nà míng

arsphenamine

真纳
zhēn nà

(Mohammad Ali) Jinnah (founder of Pakistan)

雷日纳
léi rì nà

Regina (name)

纳尼亚
nà ní yà

Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis

乔纳森
qiáo nà sēn

Jonathan (name)

纳指
nà zhǐ

NASDAQ

纳匝肋
nà zā lèi

Nazareth

艾纳香
ài nà xiāng

sambong (Blumea balsamifera)

完全归纳推理
wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ

inference by complete induction

瓜达卡纳尔岛
guā dá kǎ nà ěr dǎo

Guadalcanal Island

冒纳罗亚
mào nà luó yà

Moanalua, Hawaiian volcano

麦纳麦
mài nà mài

Manama, capital city of Bahrain

金鸡纳霜
jīn jī nà shuāng

quinine powder

纳溪区
nà xī qū

Naxi district of Luzhou city 瀘州市|泸州市[lú zhōu shì], Sichuan

北马里亚纳群岛
běi mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo

Northern Mariana Islands

恩贾梅纳
ēn jiǎ méi nà

N'Djamena, capital of Chad

察纳
chá nà

to investigate and accept

纳骨塔
nà gǔ tǎ

columbarium

唐纳德
táng nà dé

Donald (name)

埃特纳火山
āi tè nà huǒ shān

Mt Etna, volcano in Italy

纳德阿里
nà dé ā lǐ

Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan

不完全归纳推理
bù wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ

inference by incomplete induction

路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦
lù yì sī · yī nà xī ào · lú lā · dá xí ěr wǎ

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the thirty-fifth president of Brazil

华纳兄弟
huá nà xiōng dì

Warner Brothers

纳塔乃耳
nà tǎ nǎi ěr

Nathaniel

巴特纳
bā tè nà

Batna, town in eastern Algeria

玛纳斯县
mǎ nà sī xiàn

Manas county in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[chāng jí huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

格洛纳斯
gé luò nà sī

GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelitnaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System), the Russian equivalent of GPS

罗纳河
luó nà hé

Rhone, river of Switzerland and France

纳吉布
nà jí bù

Muhammad Naguib (1901-1984), first president of the Republic of Egypt

金鸡纳树
jīn jī nà shù

Cinchona ledgeriana

泰米尔纳德邦
tài mǐ ěr nà dé bāng

Tamil Nadu, southeast Indian state, capital Chennai 欽奈|钦奈[qīn nài]

费尔干纳盆地
fèi ěr gàn nà pén dì

the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan

接纳
jiē nà

to admit (to membership)

南卡罗来纳
nán kǎ luó lái nà

South Carolina, US state

招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì

invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent

额尔古纳左旗
é ěr gǔ nà zuǒ qí

former Ergun Left banner, now in Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

伯纳斯·李
bó nà sī · lǐ

Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and co-creator of the World Wide Web

费尔干纳
fèi ěr gàn nà

the Ferghana Valley (in Uzbekistan, central Asia)

阿森纳
ā sēn nà

Arsenal Football Club

纳凉
nà liáng

to enjoy the cool air

时代华纳
shí dài huá nà

Time Warner Inc., US media company

纳豆
nà dòu

nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan

利宾纳
lì bīn nà

Ribena

戛纳
jiá nà

Cannes (France)

博茨瓦纳
bó cí wǎ nà

Botswana

科罗纳
kē luó nà

Corona

印第安纳
yìn dì ān nà

Indiana, US state

阿米纳达布
ā mǐ nà dá bù

Amminadab (name)

塞斯纳
sāi sī nà

Cessna (US aviation company)

卡纳达语
kǎ nà dá yǔ

Kannada (language)

马里亚纳群岛
mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo

Mariana Islands in the Pacific

关塔纳摩
guān tǎ nà mó

Guantanamo, Cuba

纳粮
nà liáng

to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc)

纳西族
nà xī zú

Nakhi ethnic group in Yunnan

西双版纳傣族自治州
xī shuāng bǎn nà dǎi zú zì zhì zhōu

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan 雲南|云南[yún nán]

潘塔纳尔
pān tǎ nà ěr

Pantanal (wetland area in Brazil)

收纳
shōu nà

to receive

纳粹党
nà cuì dǎng

Nazi Party

蒙帕纳斯
měng pà nà sī

Montparnasse (southeast Paris, 14ème arrondissement)

瓦利斯和富图纳
wǎ lì sī hé fù tú nà

Wallis and Futuna (French island collectivity in the South Pacific)

罗纳
luó nà

Rhone, river of Switzerland and France

科利奥兰纳斯
kē lì ào lán nà sī

Coriolanus, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚

纳洛酮
nà luò tóng

naloxone (medication) (loanword)

科纳克里
kē nà kè lǐ

Conakry, capital of Guinea

安纳托利亚
ān nà tuō lì yà

Anatolia

安纳波利斯
ān nà bō lì sī

Annapolis (place name)

纳秒
nà miǎo

nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC)

滞纳金
zhì nà jīn

overdue fine

罗纳尔多
luó nà ěr duō

Ronaldo (name)

瓜达卡纳尔战役
guā dá kǎ nà ěr zhàn yì

battle of Guadalcanal of late 1942, the turning point of the war in the Pacific

维罗纳
wéi luó nà

Verona

额尔古纳
é ěr gǔ nà

Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

维纳斯
wéi nà sī

Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love)

纳达尔
nà dá ěr

Nadal (name)

纳雍县
nà yōng xiàn

Nayong county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou

纳聘
nà pìn

to pay bride-price (payment to the bride's family in former times)

额尔古纳右旗
é ěr gǔ nà yòu qí

former Ergun Right banner, now in Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

纳米
nà mǐ

nanometer

第纳尔
dì nà ěr

dinar (currency) (loanword)

出纳
chū nà

cashier

阿斯塔纳
ā sī tǎ nà

Astana, capital of Kazakhstan

纳妾
nà qiè

to take a concubine

唐纳
táng nà

Tanner or Donald (name)

丽江纳西族自治县
lì jiāng nà xī zú zì zhì xiàn

Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County in Yunnan

纳瓦特尔语
nà wǎ tè ěr yǔ

Nahuatl (language)

结纳
jié nà

to make friends

肖伯纳
xiāo bó nà

Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright

圣文森和格林纳丁
shèng wén sēn hé gé lín nà dīng

St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles

高德纳
gāo dé nà

the Chinese name of American computer scientist Donald Knuth (1938-), adopted prior to his visit to China in 1977

纳鸿
nà hóng

Nahum

纳赛尔
nà sài ěr

Nasr or Nasser (Arab name)

卡纳蕾
kǎ nà lěi

canelé (a French pastry) (loanword)

埃森纳赫
āi sēn nà hè

Eisenach (German city)

交纳
jiāo nà

to pay (taxes or dues)

受纳
shòu nà

to accept

归纳
guī nà

to sum up

圣纳帕
shèng nà pà

Agia Napa, Cyprus

纳杰夫
nà jié fū

Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)

纳雍
nà yōng

Nayong county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區|毕节地区[bì jié dì qū], Guizhou

萧伯纳
xiāo bó nà

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish dramatist and writer

卡纳维拉尔角
kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo

Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[kěn ní dí háng tiān zhōng xīn]

马利亚纳群岛
mǎ lì yà nà qún dǎo

Mariana Islands in the Pacific

额尔古纳市
é ěr gǔ nà shì

Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia

哈西纳
hā xī nà

Ms Sheikh Hasina (1947-), Bangladesh politician, prime minister 1996-2001 and from 2009

加德纳
jiā dé nà

Gardner (name)

吸纳
xī nà

to take in

纳撒尼尔·霍桑
nà sā ní ěr · huò sāng

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist and short story writer

纳粹
nà cuì

Nazi (loanword)

福克纳
fú kè nà

William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet

纳霍德卡
nà huò dé kǎ

Nakhodka (city in Russia)

里贾纳
lǐ jiǎ nà

Regina city, capital of Saskatchewan province, Canada

勒维纳斯
lè wéi nà sī

Levinas (philosopher)

悦纳
yuè nà

to find acceptable

北马里亚纳
běi mǎ lǐ yà nà

Northern Mariana Islands

马里亚纳海沟
mǎ lǐ yà nà hǎi gōu

Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench)

纳瓦霍
nà wǎ huò

Navajo

纳税
nà shuì

to pay taxes

南卡罗来纳州
nán kǎ luó lái nà zhōu

South Carolina, US state

纳西
nà xī

Nakhi (ethnic group)

笑纳
xiào nà

to kindly accept (an offering)

卡塔赫纳
kǎ tǎ hè nà

Cartagena

出纳员
chū nà yuán

cashier

西双版纳粗榧
xī shuāng bǎn nà cū fěi

Cephalotaxus mannii (botany)

圣文森特和格林纳丁斯
shèng wén sēn tè hé gé lín nà dīng sī

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

卡罗利纳
kǎ luó lì nà

Carolina (Puerto Rico)

拉文纳
lā wén nà

Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy

罗威纳犬
luó wēi nà quǎn

Rottweiler (dog breed)

纳粹分子
nà cuì fèn zǐ

Nazi

纳降
nà xiáng

to surrender

利纳克斯
lì nà kè sī

Linux (operating systems)

印地安纳
yìn dì ān nà

Indiana, US state

盖特纳
gài tè nà

Geithner (name)

纳溪
nà xī

Naxi district of Luzhou city 瀘州市|泸州市[lú zhōu shì], Sichuan

纳入
nà rù

to bring into

纳米比亚
nà mǐ bǐ yà

Namibia

纳兰性德
nà lán xìng dé

Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet

陈纳德
chén nà dé

(Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II

纳豆菌
nà dòu jūn

Bacillus subtilis (formerly Bacillus natto), a common soil bacterium

西双版纳
xī shuāng bǎn nà

Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan