拿 is also the simplified spelling of 㧱, 拏.
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拿
Mandarin · pinyin ná
Meanings
- to hold
- to seize
- to catch
- to apprehend
- to take
- (used in the same way as 把 bǎ: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
Characters in this entry
- 拿
- ná · take, hold, grasp; bring; with
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Mandarin tones
2 · na2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
naa4
Cantonese word readings for 拿. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- to take; to hold; to grasp
- to seize; to capture
- to have a firm grasp of
- to deliberately make things difficult for; to coerce
- to get; to receive
- to act; to pretend
- by means of; with; by
- used to introduce the target of a following verb phrase
- (Cantonese) alternative form of 嗱
- (Northern Wu, Northern Min) particle introducing the object of the verb
character · Etymology 2
- Used in transcription.
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 拿鐵／拿铁 (nátiě, “latte”)
character · Etymology 3
- (Hokkien) alternative form of 提
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