He got the book down from the shelf.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
拿下
to arrest
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to arrest
02
to capture
03
to seize
04
to win (a set, a game etc)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 拿下 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 拿下 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Excuse me, would you mind passing me the sugar?
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 拿下.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 拿下.
Directly before
- 上拿下1
- 我拿下1
Directly after
- 拿下书1
- 拿下砂糖1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 拿下
What does 拿下 mean in Chinese?
拿下 (náxià) means to arrest.
How do you pronounce 拿下?
拿下 is pronounced náxià.
Is 拿下 an HSK word?
拿下 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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