pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
拿 
㧱 
na2 
 
 
old variant of 拿 
拿 
拏 
na2 
 
 
variant of 拿 
拿 
拿 
na2 
 
 
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把: to mark the following noun as a direct object) 
 
strokes 
10 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
6 
 
阿芒拿 
阿芒拿 
a1 mang2 na2 
 
 
(chemistry) ammonal (loanword) 
巴拿芬 
巴拿芬 
ba1 na2 fen1 
 
 
paraffin; variant of 石蠟|石蜡 
巴拿马 
巴拿馬 
ba1 na2 ma3 
 
 
Panama 
巴拿马城 
巴拿馬城 
ba1 na2 ma3 cheng2 
 
 
Panama City 
巴拿马运河 
巴拿馬運河 
ba1 na2 ma3 yun4 he2 
 
 
Panama Canal 
波拿巴 
波拿巴 
bo1 na2 ba1 
 
 
Bonaparte (name); Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815 
捕拿 
捕拿 
bu3 na2 
 
 
to arrest; to capture; to catch 
吃拿卡要 
吃拿卡要 
chi1 na2 qia3 yao4 
 
 
dinner invitations, grabbing, obstructing and demanding bribes; all kinds of abuse of power 
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短 
吃人家的嘴軟,拿人家的手短 
chi1 ren2 jia1 de5 zui3 ruan3 - na2 ren2 jia1 de5 shou3 duan3 
 
 
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom); fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted 
大拿 
大拿 
da4 na2 
 
 
(coll.) man in power; boss; authority; expert 
代拿买特 
代拿買特 
dai4 na2 mai3 te4 
 
 
dynamite (loanword) 
多拿滋 
多拿滋 
duo1 na2 zi1 
 
 
doughnut (loanword) 
狗拿耗子 
狗拿耗子 
gou3 na2 hao4 zi5 
 
 
lit. a dog who catches mice; to be meddlesome (idiom) 
瓜拿纳 
瓜拿納 
gua1 na2 na4 
 
 
guarana (Paullinia cupana) 
汉拿山 
漢拿山 
han4 na2 shan1 
 
 
Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea 
缉拿 
緝拿 
ji1 na2 
 
 
to arrest; to seize 
加拿大 
加拿大 
jia1 na2 da4 
 
 
Canada; Canadian 
加拿大皇家 
加拿大皇家 
jia1 na2 da4 huang2 jia1 
 
 
HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship); prefix for Canadian Navy Vessels 
加拿大皇家海军 
加拿大皇家海軍 
jia1 na2 da4 huang2 jia1 hai3 jun1 
 
 
Royal Canadian Navy RCN 
加拿大太平洋铁路 
加拿大太平洋鐵路 
jia1 na2 da4 tai4 ping2 yang2 tie3 lu4 
 
 
Canadian Pacific railway 
加拿大雁 
加拿大雁 
jia1 na2 da4 yan4 
 
 
(bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii) 
拘拿 
拘拿 
ju1 na2 
 
 
to arrest 
马拿瓜 
馬拿瓜 
ma3 na2 gua1 
 
 
Managua, capital of Nicaragua (Tw) 
玛拿西 
瑪拿西 
ma3 na2 xi1 
 
 
Manasseh (son of Hezekiah) 
蒙大拿 
蒙大拿 
meng2 da4 na2 
 
 
Montana, US state 
蒙大拿州 
蒙大拿州 
meng2 da4 na2 zhou1 
 
 
Montana, US state 
墨西拿 
墨西拿 
mo4 xi1 na2 
 
 
Messina, Sicilian city 
墨西拿海峡 
墨西拿海峽 
mo4 xi1 na2 hai3 xia2 
 
 
Strait of Messina between Calabria and Sicily 
拿办 
拿辦 
na2 ban4 
 
 
to arrest for punishment 
拿捕 
拿捕 
na2 bu3 
 
 
to detain; to apprehend; to capture 
拿不出手 
拿不出手 
na2 bu4 chu1 shou3 
 
 
not presentable; shoddy and too embarrassing to show 
拿不准 
拿不准 
na2 bu4 zhun3 
 
 
in doubt; unsure of sth; unable to decide; indecisive 
拿不动 
拿不動 
na2 bu5 dong4 
 
 
to be unable to carry; lift (sth heavy) 
拿出 
拿出 
na2 chu1 
 
 
to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) 
拿出手 
拿出手 
na2 chu1 shou3 
 
 
not presentable; not fit to be seen in company 
拿大 
拿大 
na2 da4 
 
 
to put on airs; self-important; high and mighty 
拿大顶 
拿大頂 
na2 da4 ding3 
 
 
to do a handstand 
拿得起放得下 
拿得起放得下 
na2 de5 qi3 fang4 de5 xia4 
 
 
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom); fig. to take what comes; to meet gains or losses with equanimity 
拿顶 
拿頂 
na2 ding3 
 
 
to do a handstand 
拿俄米 
拿俄米 
na2 e2 mi3 
 
 
Naomi (name) 
拿获 
拿獲 
na2 huo4 
 
 
to capture; to apprehend 
拿架子 
拿架子 
na2 jia4 zi5 
 
 
to throw one's weight around; to put on airs 
拿来 
拿來 
na2 lai2 
 
 
to bring; to fetch; to get 
拿来主义 
拿來主義 
na2 lai2 zhu3 yi4 
 
 
the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc) 
拿摩温 
拿摩溫 
na2 mo2 wen1 
 
 
see 那摩溫|那摩温 
拿你没办法 
拿你沒辦法 
na2 ni3 mei2 ban4 fa3 
 
 
don't know what to do with you; can't really say no to you 
拿捏 
拿捏 
na2 nie1 
 
 
to grasp; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; to create difficulties 
拿破仑 
拿破侖 
na2 po4 lun2 
 
 
variant of 拿破崙|拿破仑 
拿破仑 
拿破崙 
na2 po4 lun2 
 
 
Napoleon (name); Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815 
拿破仑·波拿巴 
拿破崙·波拿巴 
na2 po4 lun2 - bo1 na2 ba1 
 
 
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815 
拿起 
拿起 
na2 qi3 
 
 
to pick up 
拿乔 
拿喬 
na2 qiao2 
 
 
pretentious; striking a pose 
拿权 
拿權 
na2 quan2 
 
 
to hold power; in the driving seat 
拿人 
拿人 
na2 ren2 
 
 
making things awkward; to cause difficulties; to exert influence; to attract 
拿撒勒 
拿撒勒 
na2 sa3 le4 
 
 
Nazareth (in Biblical Palestine) 
拿骚 
拿騷 
na2 sao1 
 
 
Nassau, capital of The Bahamas 
拿手 
拿手 
na2 shou3 
 
 
expert in; good at 
拿手菜 
拿手菜 
na2 shou3 cai4 
 
 
specialty (dish) 
拿顺 
拿順 
na2 shun4 
 
 
Nashon (son of Amminadab) 
拿索 
拿索 
na2 suo3 
 
 
Nassau, capital of Bahamas (Tw) 
拿铁 
拿鐵 
na2 tie3 
 
 
latte (loanword) 
拿铁咖啡 
拿鐵咖啡 
na2 tie3 ka1 fei1 
 
 
latte (coffee); café latte 
拿下 
拿下 
na2 xia4 
 
 
to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) 
拿着鸡毛当令箭 
拿著雞毛當令箭 
na2 zhe5 ji1 mao2 dang4 ling4 jian4 
 
 
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext 
拿主意 
拿主意 
na2 zhu3 yi5 
 
 
to make a decision; to make up one's mind 
拿走 
拿走 
na2 zou3 
 
 
to take away 
桑拿 
桑拿 
sang1 na2 
 
 
sauna (loanword) 
圣赫勒拿岛 
聖赫勒拿島 
sheng4 he4 le4 na2 dao3 
 
 
Saint Helena 
圣赫勒拿 
聖赫勒拿 
sheng4 he4 lei1 na2 
 
 
St Helena 
十拿九稳 
十拿九穩 
shi2 na2 jiu3 wen3 
 
 
to be a cinch; in the bag; (of a person) confident of success 
士巴拿 
士巴拿 
shi4 ba1 na2 
 
 
(dialect) spanner (loanword) 
手拿包 
手拿包 
shou3 na2 bao1 
 
 
clutch bag 
推拿 
推拿 
tui1 na2 
 
 
tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy) 
吞拿 
吞拿 
tun1 na2 
 
 
tuna (loanword) 
吞拿鱼 
吞拿魚 
tun1 na2 yu2 
 
 
tuna (loanword) 
稳拿 
穩拿 
wen3 na2 
 
 
a sure gain; sth one is sure to obtain 
挟细拿粗 
挾細拿粗 
xie2 xi4 na2 cu1 
 
 
to provoke 
亚米拿达 
亞米拿達 
ya4 mi3 na2 da2 
 
 
Amminadab (son of Ram) 
一把死拿 
一把死拿 
yi1 ba3 si3 na2 
 
 
stubborn; inflexible 
约拿书 
約拿書 
yue1 na2 shu1 
 
 
Book of Jonah 
捉拿 
捉拿 
zhuo1 na2 
 
 
to arrest; to catch a criminal 
捉拿归案 
捉拿歸案 
zhuo1 na2 gui1 an4 
 
 
to bring to justice