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Jyutping naa4 hei2
Pinyin ná qǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to pick up
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to pick up; to lift
    (syn.) 舉起, 奮起, 奋起, 揚, 扬, 提起, 举起
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他拿起笔,写了起来。
    他拿起筆,寫了起來。
    tā ná qǐ bǐ , xiě le qǐ lai 。
    • He took up his pen and began to write.
    • He picked up his pencil and began to write.
  2. Mandarin
    不久,同样的服务员回来拿起菜。
    不久,同樣的服務員回來拿起菜。
    bù jiǔ , tóng yàng de fú wù yuán huí lai ná qǐ cài 。
    • Soon the same waiter came back to pick up the dishes.
  3. Mandarin
    他拿起一支粉笔。
    他拿起一支粉筆。
    tā ná qǐ yī zhī fěn bǐ 。
    • He took out a piece of chalk.
    • He picked up a piece of chalk.
  4. Mandarin
    拿起来。
    拿起來。
    ná qǐ lái 。
    • Pick it up.
    • Take him.
  5. Mandarin
    汤姆拿起了刀。
    湯姆拿起了刀。
    tāng mǔ ná qǐ le dāo 。
    • Tom picked up the knife.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    拿起
    拿起
    ná qǐ
    • to pick up; to lift
  2. Mandarin
    长桌前,职工们排着队,将一张张大红福贴轻轻拿起,等待笔墨迹干的同时,拿起手机和“福”字来一张自拍。
    長桌前,職工們排着隊,將一張張大紅福貼輕輕拿起,等待筆墨跡乾的同時,拿起手機和“福”字來一張自拍。
    cháng zhuō qián , zhí gōng men pái zhe duì , jiāng yī zhāng zhāng dà hóng fú tiē qīng qīng ná qǐ , děng dài bǐ mò jì qián de tóng shí , ná qǐ shǒu jī hé “ fú ” zì lái yī zhāng zì pāi .
    • In front of the long table, the staff lined up, gently lifting up big red sheets of fu one by one. While waiting for the ink to dry, they took their phones to take a selfie with the character fu.
  3. Mandarin
    他拿起菜单,随意点了几个菜。
    他拿起菜單,隨意點了幾個菜。
    tā ná qǐ cài dān , suí yì diǎn le jǐ ge cài .
    • He picked up the menu and ordered a few dishes at random.
  4. Mandarin
    饭后,也照样拿起杯来,说:“这杯是用我的血所立的新约,你们每逢喝的时候,要如此行,为的是记念我。”
    飯後,也照樣拿起杯來,説:“這杯是用我的血所立的新約,你們每逢喝的時候,要如此行,為的是記念我。”
    fàn hòu , yě zhào yàng ná qǐ bēi lái , shuō : “ zhè bēi shì yòng wǒ de xuè suǒ lì de xīn yuē , nǐ men měi féng hē de shí hòu , yào rú cǐ xíng , wèi de shì jì niàn wǒ . ”
    • In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me." (World English Bible)