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= n + a2
old variant of 拿[na2]
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= n + a2
variant of 拿[na2]
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= n + a2
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)
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How to pronounce 拿

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= n initial

N is for Napoleon.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a2 final

In the ashram’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

拿 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= g + e3
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
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= h + e2
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒[he2]
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= h + e2
variant of 合[he2]
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shǒu = sh + ou3
hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
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Characters with 拿 as component

= n + a2
neptunium (chemistry)
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Words with 拿

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Nassau, capital of The Bahamas
to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence)
to be a cinch / in the bag / (of a person) confident of success

Sentences with 拿

gěi
jiǔ
lái

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