拿 (ná) means Hold (capture - got - sure). Below are 24 of the 30 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他手里 拿 着一本书。
Tā shǒu lǐ ná zhe yì běn shū.
He is holding a book in his hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 拿
请帮我 拿 一下这个包。
Qǐng bāng wǒ ná yíxià zhège bāo.
Please hold this bag for me.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 拿
我还没 拿 定主意。
Wǒ hái méi ná dìng zhǔyi.
I have not made up my mind yet.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 主意
别人的东西不能 拿 。
Biéren de dōngxi bù néng ná.
You mustn't take other people's things.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 别人
嘿，你的伞忘 拿 了！
Hēi, nǐ de sǎn wàng ná le!
Hey, you forgot your umbrella!
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嘿
别 拿 好听的话哄我。
Bié ná hǎotīng de huà hǒng wǒ.
Don't try to fool me with nice-sounding words.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 哄
他 拿 到了结业证书。
Tā ná dào le jiéyè zhèngshū.
He received his certificate of completion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 证书
他手里 拿 着一根棍棒。
Tā shǒu lǐ názhe yì gēn gùnbàng.
He held a stick in his hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 棍棒
红烧鱼是他的 拿 手菜。
Hóngshāo yú shì tā de náshǒu cài.
Braised fish is his speciality.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拿手
奶奶手里 拿 着一把扇子。
Nǎinai shǒu lǐ ná zhe yì bǎ shànzi.
Grandma is holding a fan.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 扇子
他在竞赛中 拿 了第一名。
Tā zài jìngsài zhōng ná le dì yī míng.
He took first place in the contest.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 竞赛
他终于 拿 到了大学文凭。
Tā zhōngyú ná dào le dàxué wénpíng.
He finally got his university diploma.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 文凭
他 拿 走了一半，其余留给我。
Tā ná zǒu le yíbàn, qíyú liú gěi wǒ.
He took half and left the rest for me.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 其余
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From the graded readers
我 拿 着照片去问她。
wǒ názhe zhàopiàn qù wèn tā.
I took the photo to ask her about it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
她手里 拿 着四五个很重的袋子。
tā shǒulǐ názhe sì wǔ gè hěn zhòng / chóng de / dì dàizi.
She was holding four or five heavy bags.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
我把那张纸 拿 出来一看——我真的忘了。
wǒ bǎ nà / nèi zhāng zhǐ náchū lái yī kàn / kān—— wǒ zhēnde wàngle.
I pulled out the list and looked — I really had forgotten it.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
我问她：“阿姨，您住几楼？我帮您 拿 吧。”
wǒ wèn tā:" ā / ē yí, nín zhù jǐ / jī lóu? wǒ bāng nín ná bā."
I asked her, "Which floor are you on? Let me carry those."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
他给了我一个热红薯，说：“ 拿 着，路上冷。”
tā gěile wǒ yīgè rè hóngshǔ, shuō:" názhe, lùshang lěng."
He handed me a hot sweet potato and said, "Take it — it's cold out there."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
第二天我去 拿 回了手机，还带了一盒巧克力去感谢她。
dì'èr tiān wǒ qù ná huí le / liǎo / liào shǒujī, hái / huán dài le / liǎo / liào yī hé qiǎokèlì qù gǎnxiè tā.
The next day I went to collect it, and took a box of chocolates to thank her.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
后来有一天，另一个朋友告诉我：那天小林的手机被弟弟 拿 去玩了。
hòulái yǒu yī tiān, lìngyī gè péngyou gàosu wǒ: nà / nèi tiān xiǎo lín de / dì shǒujī bèi dìdi ná qù wán / wàn le / liǎo / liào.
Then one day another friend told me that Xiaolin's phone had been taken by her younger brother that day.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Misunderstanding
From the grammar library
我 拿 出一本书来。
Wǒ ná chū yì běn shū lái.
I took out a book.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Directional complements — 上来, 下去, 出来
拿 appears in 30 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 拿
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 拿
How is 拿 used in a sentence?
This page shows 30 sentences using 拿 (ná, "Hold (capture - got - sure)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 拿 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 拿 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 拿 an HSK word?
Yes — 拿 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 拿?
The dictionary page for 拿 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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