拿 (naa4 | na2) : take

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拿

naa4

na2

[1][v] take; hold in one's hand; grasp [2] with [3] [v] arrest; apprehend; capture [4][v] use; employ (a method, device, etc) [5] to be confirmed or restrained [6][interjection] there!; look!; here!; there it is! {also written 嗱}

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

拿

This word has been viewed 13078 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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桑拿 song1 naa4 sang1 na2 = sauna

士巴拿 si6 baa1 naa4*2 = a spanner (loanword); a wrench 粵

大拿拿 daai6 naa4 naa4 = too large a sum; considerable sum 粵

吞拿魚 tan1 naa4 jyu4*2 tun1 na2 yu2 = tuna

雲呢拿 wan4*6 nei1 naa4*2 = vanilla 粵

加拿大 gaa1 naa4 daai6 jia1 na2 da4 = Canada

桑拿浴 song1 naa4 juk6 = a sauna (via transliteration)

拿手 naa4 sau2 na2 shou3 = expert in, good at

天拿水 tin1 naa4 seoi2 = paint thinner (as a loanword for "thinner")

推拿 teoi1 naa4 tui1 na2 = tui na, a hands-on-body treatment using acupressure
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用個士巴拿擰實粒螺絲粵
Use to spanner to tighten the screw.

我睇都係買屋比較揸拿，好過投資喺啲小生意上粵
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 拿
Unicode code for this character: U+62ff (off-site link)

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