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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

拿 [ná]
  1. 1. verb [握] hold
    他手里拿着一本书。
    He's holding a book in his hand.
  2. 2. verb [夺] capture
    我们拿下了敌人的阵地。
    We captured the enemy position.
  3. 3. verb [有把握] be sure
    我拿不准他到底来不来。
    I'm not sure whether he's coming or not.
  4. 4. verb [掌握] cope with
    家里活他样样拿得起来。
    He can cope with all the housework.
  5. 5. verb [架子、样子] put on
    我们老板总拿架子。
    Our boss always puts on airs.
  6. 6. verb [得] get
    他拿了季军。
    He got third prize.
  7. 7. preposition [用] with
    她拿毛巾把头发擦干。
    She dried her hair with a towel.
    少拿这个吓唬我！
    Stop trying to scare me with that stuff!
  8. 8. preposition [把]
    他不拿工作当回事。
    He doesn't take the job seriously.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

拿 [ná]
  1. 1. verb hold; take; handle; carry
    拿着这些钱快走吧！
    我拿不动了！
    请帮我拿一瓶水。
    请帮我把本子拿来。
    我拿我的信誉为他担保。
    请把笔拿在手里随时准备记录。
    东西太多，我一次拿不完。
    让我拿在手里好好看看。
    拿给我看看。
    这里有很多苹果，大家随便拿。
    不拿枪的敌人
    enemies without guns
    把这些东西拿走。
    Take these things away.
    她手里拿着一把扇子
    She's holding a fan in her hand.
    拿来。
    Bring it here.
    拿去。
    Take it.
  2. 2. verb seize; capture
    警察们忙着捉拿逃犯。
    擒拿手是一招武功招式。
    罪犯被警察拿住了。
    他们拿住三个匪徒。
    They captured three bandits.
    拿下敌人的碉堡
    capture the enemy's blockhouse
  3. 3. verb have a firm grasp of; be able to do; be sure of
    这事你拿得稳吗?
    Are you sure of it?
    拿不准
    not be sure; feel uncertain
  4. 4. verb put somebody in a difficult position
    他说不干了，想拿我一把。
    He said he wasn't going to do it and tried to put me in an awkward position.
    这件事你拿不住人。
    I don't think you can make things difficult by not doing the job.
  5. 5. verb (of a chemical agent, etc.) turn something bad
    这块木头让药水拿白了。
    The chemical agent has bleached the wooden block.
  6. 6. preposition [verbal] by means of; with; by
    拿这个标准去衡量
    judge by this standard
    拿事实证明
    prove with facts; cite facts to prove
    拿尺量
    measure with a ruler
  7. 7. preposition used in the same way as 把 bǎ Ⅳ
    别拿钱当纸花。
    别拿老师的话不当回事儿。
    妈妈总拿我当小孩子。
    你别拿我当傻瓜！
    她要是一定要走，你又能拿她怎么样？
    If she insists on leaving, what can you do about it?
    不能拿工作当儿戏。
    You shouldn't treat your work as a trifling matter.
  8. 8. (used with 来说, 来讲, 来看, etc.) as regards; as to
    拿英语水平来看，她比组里其他人要强些。
    So far as English proficiency goes, she is better than the other members of the group.
    拿产品质量来讲
    as to the quality of the products

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

拿 [ná]
  1. 1. 动 用手握住或抓取
    手里拿着书
    给我拿杯水来
    把箱子拿走。
  2. 2. 动 捕捉;强取
    拿耗子
    捉拿
    缉拿
    把敌人的据点拿下来。
  3. 3. 动 [口] 挟制;故意使人为难
    拿他一把。
  4. 4. 动 装出或做出(某种姿态、样子)
    拿架子
    你要拿出当哥哥的样子来。
  5. 5. 动 取得
    拿了4枚金牌
    拿名次。
  6. 6. 动 掌握
    拿权
    拿事
    拿不准。
  7. 7. 介 a)引进所凭借的工具、材料等,相当于"用"
    拿斧子砍
    拿大话吓唬人。
  8. 8. b)引进处置的对象，相当于“把”“对”
    别拿我当傻瓜
    看他能拿我怎么办。
See more results for 拿 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

所得利润你拿大头,我拿小头。 → 小头
他拿大头,你拿小头 → 大头
她拿着那副耳环爱不释手。
The moment she got hold of those earrings, she took a fancy to them and wouldn't let go of them. → 爱不释手
两个小演员拿长枪一比试，就开始对打起来。
With a flourish of their spears, the two little performers started sparring with each other. → 比试
彼一时，此一时，不要拿老眼光看新事物。
Times have changed, you know, so don't judge new things by old standards. → 彼一时，此一时
拿不动
find sth. too heavy to carry → 不
这活儿不像样，拿不出手。
This is a shoddy piece of work, it's hardly presentable. → 不像样
一时不凑手，我拿不出那么多钱来。
It happens I haven't got so much money on me at the moment. → 凑手
她忖量了半天，还拿不定主意。
She turned the matter over in her mind for a long while but still could not come to a decision. → 忖量
不要拿着钱来打水漂儿。
Don't play loose with your money. → 打水漂儿
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Character Decomposition

合
[hé]		 + 手
[shǒu]

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