㧱
ná HSK1

take

拿 ná
variants 㧱,拏
to take verb
to hold; to seize; to catch; to take in one's hand; to capture

他拿了多少钱？

tā ná le duō​shao qián?

How much money did he take?

不，我没拿你的手机。

bù, wǒ méi ná nǐ de shǒu​jī.

No, I didn't take your phone.

to obtain verb
to gain; to win; to receive (as in a prize or a medal)

我不敢相信你拿了97分！

wǒ bù​gǎn xiāng​xìn nǐ ná le97 fēn!

I can't believe you got a 97!

他还申请了其他16所学校，目标是拿到其中6所学校的录取。

tā hái shēn​qǐng le qí​tā16 suǒ xué​xiào, mù​biāo shì ná dào qí​zhōng6 suǒ xué​xiào de lù​qǔ.

He also applied to 16 other schools with the goal of getting into six.

to treat as verbpreposition
Used to show how someone or something is regarded or handled, often in the pattern "take A as B".

别拿我当借口。

bié ná wǒ dàng jiè kǒu.

Don't use me as an excuse.

to manage verb
to hold; to handle; to have control over something, such as power or a final decision

我该拿你怎么办呢？

wǒ gāi ná nǐ zěn​me​bàn ne?

What am I supposed to do with you?

with preposition
Used to introduce a tool or the basis for an action, meaning "by means of" or "using".

别拿香菜打我。

bié ná xiāng​cài dǎ wǒ.

Don't hit me with cilantro.

[object marker] preposition
Introduces the object of an action, similar to 把 bǎ, or identifies the target of an attitude or joke.

我不会拿这些事情开玩笑。

wǒ bù​huì ná zhè​xiē shì​qing kāi wán​xiào.

I wouldn't joke about these things.

to put on
To adopt a certain pose or attitude, often used to describe behaving in a pretentious or difficult manner.
surname
a Chinese surname
to make difficult
to coerce; to make things difficult for someone; to hold something over someone

Cross-References

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Frequency
Movie subtitles
964.7 per million appears in 94% of films
Written text
260.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+39F1

Sources
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)