纳 (nà): to accept, to pay
纳 (nà) is a Chinese character meaning “to accept, to pay.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 内 (phonetic). It ranks #684 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 纳 silk. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lèi, tired), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- to accept, to pay
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 纳
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纳粹noun | nà cuì | Nazi (loanword) |
| 纳米measure | nà mǐ | nanometer |
| 乔纳森proper-noun | qiáo nà sēn | Jonathan (name) |
| 维也纳proper-noun | wéi yě nà | Vienna, capital of Austria |
| 接纳verb | jiē nà | to admit or welcome (into a group) |
| 印第安纳 | yìn dì ān nà | Indiana, US state |
| 纳税人noun | nà shuì rén | taxpayer |
| 维纳斯proper-noun | wéi nà sī | Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love) |
| 纳西noun | nà xī | Nakhi ethnic group |
| 容纳verb | róng nà | to hold |
| 纳税verb | nà shuì | to pay taxes |
| 唐纳德proper-noun | táng nà dé | (name) Donald |
| 纳尔逊proper-noun | nà ěr xùn | Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero |
| 纳闷verb | nà mèn | puzzled |
| 田纳西州 | tián nà xī zhōu | Tennessee |
纳 appears in 103 compound words: 33 as the first character, 49 as the last, and 18 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 纳 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (23)
Showing 12 of 23 idioms containing 纳.
Example Sentences
请在截止日期前缴纳税款，避免产生滞纳金。
Qǐng zài jiézhǐ rìqì qián jiǎonà shuìkuǎn, bìmiǎn chǎnshēng zhìnàjīn.
Please pay taxes before the deadline to avoid late fees.
2026年米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会闭幕式正式开始
2 0 2 6 nián mǐ lán kē ěr dì nà dōng ào huì bì mù shì zhèng shì kāi shǐ
The closing ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics has officially begun
冬奥/男子4人雪车洛赫纳再登顶 马尔吉斯创5金纪录
dōng ào nán zǐ 4 rén xuě chē 洛 hè nà zài dēng dǐng mǎ ěr jí sī chuàng 5 jīn jì lù
Winter Olympics/Men's 4-man bobsleigh, Lochner reached the top again, and Margis set a 5-gold record
美国这座机场要改名“唐纳德·特朗普国际机场”
měi guó zhè zuò jī chǎng yāo gǎi míng táng nà dé tè lǎng pǔ guó jì jī chǎng
The airport in the United States will be renamed "Donald Trump International Airport"
新春纳福迎新,就来凯德虹口商业中心,福气好物一...
xīn chūn nà fú yíng xīn , jiù lái kǎi dé hóng kǒu shāng yè zhōng xīn , fú qì hǎo wù yī . . .
Come to CapitaLand Hongkou Commercial Center to enjoy the new year's blessings and welcome the new...
伊隆·马斯克是纳粹分子。
Yīlóng Mǎsīkè shì nàcuì fēnzǐ.
Elon Musk is a Nazi.
莫纳迪偷了巴亚的墨镜。
Mònàdí tōu le Bāyà de mòjìng.
Mennad stole Baya's sunglasses.
我想跟约翰华纳讲话。
Wǒ xiǎng gēn Yuēhàn huā nà jiǎnghuà.
I'd like to speak to John Warner.
塞纳河穿越了巴黎。
Sāinà Hé chuānyuè le Bālí.
The Seine flows through Paris.
Character Family
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