拿得住 nádezhù to be able to hold or manage Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 拿 ná verb to take to hold; to seize; to catch; to take in one's hand; to capture得 de particle [potential] Used between a verb and its result to show that the result is possible, as in 看得见 kàndejiàn meaning "able to see"住 zhù particle [ability] (complement) used with 得 de or 不 bù to indicate the capacity or lack thereof to withstand, hold on, or handle something