Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 拿

variant of 拿 (ná)

old variant of 拿 (ná)

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)

to grasp
(dialect) affecting shyness
coy
to create difficulties

to arrest
to capture
to seize
to win (a set, a game etc)

Nassau, capital of The Bahamas (Tw)

to arrest

to arrest
to catch a criminal

to pick up

pretentious
striking a pose

to capture
to apprehend

to do a handstand

to arrest; to capture; to catch

to bring
to fetch
to get

Hannah (biblical figure)

to arrest for punishment

to take out
to put out
to provide
to put forward (a proposal)
to come up with (evidence)

a sure gain
sth one is sure to obtain

to arrest
to seize

to take away

to hold in one's hand

(coll.) man in power
boss
authority
expert

to detain
to apprehend
to capture

expert in
good at

Nassau, capital of The Bahamas

sauna (loanword)

to hold power; to be in control

Nashon (son of Amminadab)

making things awkward
to cause difficulties
to exert influence
to attract

to get
to obtain

to put on airs
self-important
high and mighty

tuna (loanword)

latte (loanword)

tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)

to make a decision
to make up one's mind

tuna (loanword)

see 那摩溫／那摩温 (nàmówēn)

clutch bag

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

Manasseh (son of Hezekiah)

Montana, US state

doughnut (loanword)

Panama

specialty (dish)

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

Managua, capital of Nicaragua (Tw)

Nazareth (in Biblical Palestine)

to throw one's weight around
to put on airs

Canada
Canadian

(gaming) to get first blood
(slang) to take (sb's) virginity

variant of 拿破崙／拿破仑 ( Nápòlún)

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

paraffin
variant of 石蠟／石蜡 (shílà)

to do a handstand

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

Book of Jonah

(dialect) spanner (loanword)

(chemistry) ammonal (loanword)

guarana (Paullinia cupana)

Naomi (name)

Messina, Sicilian city

Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea

the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)

nábùchūshǒu

not presentable
shoddy and too embarrassing to show

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

shíná-jiǔwěn

to be a cinch; in the bag
(of a person) confident of success

dynamite (loanword)

Amminadab (son of Ram)

náshǒuhǎoxì

the role an actor plays best (idiom)
(fig.) one's specialty
one's forte

stubborn
inflexible

Bānámǎ Chéng

Panama City

see 拿你沒辦法／拿你没办法 (nánǐméibànfǎ)

chīnáqiǎyào

dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes
all kinds of abuse of power

caffe latte

lit. a dog who catches mice
to be meddlesome (idiom)

zhuōnáguī'àn

to bring to justice

Shènghèlēiná

St Helena

to provoke

Méngdànázhōu

Montana, US state

Bānámǎ Yùnhé

巴拿马运河

[巴拿馬運河]

Panama Canal

nánǐméibànfǎ

拿你没办法

[拿你沒辦法]

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

Jiānádà Huángjiā

加拿大皇家

[加拿大皇家]

HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship)
prefix for Canadian Navy Vessels

Mòxīná Hǎixiá

墨西拿海峡

[墨西拿海峽]

Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily

Shènghèlèná Dǎo

圣赫勒拿岛

[聖赫勒拿島]

Saint Helena

nádeqǐfàngdexià

拿得起放得下

[拿得起放得下]

lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)
fig. to take what comes
to meet gains or losses with equanimity

Nápòlún· Bōnábā

拿破仑·波拿巴

[拿破崙·波拿巴]

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

Jiānádà Huángjiā Hǎijūn

加拿大皇家海军

[加拿大皇家海軍]

Royal Canadian Navy

názhejīmáodànglìngjiàn

拿着鸡毛当令箭

[拿著雞毛當令箭]

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

Jiānádà Tàipíngyáng Tiělù

加拿大太平洋铁路

[加拿大太平洋鐵路]

Canadian Pacific Railway

chīrénjiādezuǐruǎn,nárénjiādeshǒuduǎn

吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短

[吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短]

lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted