娜 (nà): (phonetic na), elegant
娜 (nà) is a Chinese character meaning “(phonetic na).” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 女 (semantic) and 那 (phonetic). It ranks #917 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 娜 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 她 (tā, she), 好 (hǎo, good).
Definitions
- (phonetic na)
- elegant
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安娜proper-noun | ān nà | Anna (name) |
| 汉娜proper-noun | hàn nà | Hannah (name) |
| 戴安娜proper-noun | dài ān nà | Diana (name) |
| 娜娜 | nà nà | Nana (name) |
| 黛安娜proper-noun | dài ān nà | Diana (goddess in Roman mythology) |
| 麦当娜proper-noun | mài dāng nà | Madonna (1958-), US pop singer |
| 雅典娜proper-noun | yǎ diǎn nà | Athena |
| 蒙娜丽莎proper-noun | méng nà lì shā | Mona Lisa |
| 埃琳娜 | āi lín nà | Elena (name) |
| 娜塔莉 | nà tǎ lì | Natalie (name) |
| 安娜·卡列尼娜 | ān nà · kǎ liè ní nà | Anna Karenina, novel by Leo Tolstoy 列夫·托爾斯泰|列夫·托尔斯泰 |
| 婀娜adjective | ē nuó | (of a woman) graceful |
| 科罗娜 | kē luó nà | Corona (beer) |
| 叶卡捷琳娜proper-noun | yè kǎ jié lín nà | Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name) |
| 亚利安娜 | yà lì ān nà | Ariane (French space rocket) |
娜 appears in 28 compound words: 7 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 娜 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这位娜士穿着得体，举止优雅大方。
zhè wèi nà shì chuān zhe dé tǐ , jǔ zhǐ yōu yǎ dà fāng .
This nurse is well-dressed and carries herself with grace and poise.
李千娜提出刑事告诉!律师喊不理解“这很难成立”...
lǐ qiān nà tí chū xíng shì gào sù ! lǜ shī hǎn bù lǐ jiě zhè hěn nán chéng lì . . .
Li Qianna Files Criminal Complaint! Lawyer Says He Doesn't Understand: "This Is Hard to Prove"...
...TT新加坡大满贯│“港韩组合”陈颢桦/金娜英2:3憾负世一拍档 无缘混双决赛
. . . T T xīn jiā pō dà mǎn guàn gǎng hán zǔ gě chén 颢 桦 jīn nà yīng 2 : 3 hàn fù shì yī pāi dàng wú yuán hùn shuāng jué sài
...Singapore Open Grand Slam│Hong Kong-South Korea pair Chen Haohua/Kim Na-young fall 2-3 to world No. 1 duo, miss out on mixed doubles final
打足5局憾负头号种子 陈颢桦/金娜英混双4强止步
dǎ zú 5 jú hàn fù tóu hào zhǒng zǐ chén 颢 桦 jīn nà yīng hùn shuāng 4 qiáng zhǐ bù
After a hard-fought five-game match, Chen Haohua and Kim Na-young fell to the top seeds, ending their run in the mixed doubles semifinals
【动物浮世绘】娜女子/鼻尖点亮的世界
dòng wù fú shì huì nà nǚ zǐ bí jiān diǎn liàng de shì jiè
[Animal Ukiyo-e] Na Girl / A World Lit by the Tip of Her Nose
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 女 (woman) component
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