拿 (ná) – Word of the Day | Toronto Chinese Academy
Learn the Mandarin word “拿 (ná)” — meaning to take, hold, or seize. Includes pinyin, English definitions, example sentences, and visually similar characters.
Simplified： 拿
Pinyin： ná
Traditional： 拿
to take, hold, grasp
to seize, capture
to bring
Examples:
1,
请把那本书拿给我。
Please hand me that book.
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2,
他手里拿着一杯咖啡。
He is holding a cup of coffee.
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3,
警察拿住了小偷。
The police caught the thief.
Visually Similar / Easily Confused Characters
At Toronto Chinese Academy, we teach students how versatile verbs like “拿” appear in everyday contexts, from simply “holding something” to idiomatic phrases like 拿手 (skilled at) and 拿走 (to take away).