拿

ná

to hold

to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)

combine (合) + hand (手) = take hold of something

The hand (手) at the bottom does the gripping work; 合 mainly lends the sound ná. Picture a hand closing around something to take hold of it.

合+手→拿
合To joinPhonetic
手The human handSemantic

你能帮我拿一下那个袋子吗?

nǐ néng bāng wǒ ná yī xià nà ge dài zi ma?

Can you help me carry that bag for a moment?

警察终于把那个小偷拿住了。

jǐng chá zhōng yú bǎ nà ge xiǎo tōu ná zhù le。

The police finally caught and apprehended that thief.

Words with 拿

推拿

tuī ná

tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)

加拿大

jiā ná dà

Canada

十拿九稳

shí ná jiǔ wěn

(idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag

拿主意

ná zhǔ yi

to make a decision

拿走

ná zǒu

to take away

波拿巴

bō ná bā

Bonaparte (name)

阿芒拿

ā máng ná

(chemistry) (loanword) ammonal

马拿瓜

mǎ ná guā

Managua, capital of Nicaragua (Tw)

一把死拿

yī bǎ sǐ ná

stubborn

亚米拿达

yà mǐ ná dá

Amminadab (son of Ram)

代拿买特

dài ná mǎi tè

(loanword) dynamite

加拿大太平洋铁路

jiā ná dà tài píng yáng tiě lù

Canadian Pacific Railway

More characters with 合

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