拿下 meaning in English

náxià

to arrest; to capture

13 strokes

Meaning of 拿下

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

náxià
  1. to arrest
  2. to capture
  3. to seize
  4. to win (a set, a game etc)

拿下 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā从cóng架jià子zi上shàng拿ná下xià书shū。
He got down the book from the shelf.
上shàng楼lóu把bǎ我wǒ的de旅lǚ行xíng箱xiāng拿ná下xià来lái。
Go upstairs and bring down my trunk.
台tái风fēng天tiān记jì得de把bǎ窗chuāng台tái上shàng的de盆pén景jǐng拿ná下xià来lái。
Don't forget to take your bonsai off the windowsill for typhoon season.
不bù好hǎo意yì思sī,可kě以yǐ帮bāng我wǒ拿ná下xià砂shā糖táng吗ma?
Excuse me, would you mind passing me the sugar?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

拿 ná · to hold · 10 strokes

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  3. 3
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  10. 10

下 xià · down · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 拿下.

坐下zuò xiato sit down
下次xià cìnext time
下午xiàwǔafternoon; p.m.
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
下班xiàbānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc)
下雨xià yǔto rain
下课xiàkèto finish class; to get out of class
下边xiàbianunder; the underside
一下儿yīxiàrerhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4]
留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind
拿到nádàoto get; to obtain

Questions about 拿下

What does 拿下 mean?

拿下 (náxià) means "to arrest; to capture".

How do you write 拿下?

拿下 is made of 2 characters: 拿 (10 strokes), 下 (3 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.