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拿náto take; to hold

Theme
Verbs
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
10
Syllable
na

How 拿 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

拿 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

请你帮我拿一下书。

Qǐng nǐ bāng wǒ ná yīxià shū.

Please hold the book for me a moment.

  • 请qǐngto ask
  • 你nǐyou
  • 帮bāngto help
  • 我wǒI
  • 拿náto take; to hold
  • 一yīone
  • 下xiàdown; to go down; next
  • 书shūbook

他拿着一本书。

Tā ná zhe yī běn shū.

He is holding a book.

  • 他tāhe
  • 拿náto take; to hold
  • 着zheongoing state marker
  • 一yīone
  • 本běnmeasure word for books
  • 书shūbook

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 那nàthat
  • 八bāeight
  • 大dàbig