拿来

拿來
nálái
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to bring (here)
  2. 2 to fetch
  3. 3 to take and use

Examples

Bǎ nà běn shū nálái gěi wǒ kànkan.
Bring that book over here so I can have a look.
Qǐng bǎ yàoshi nálái.
Please bring the keys.
Zhè ge lǐlùn kěyǐ nálái fēnxī Zhōngguó de xiànzhuàng.
This theory can be applied to analyze China's current situation.

Tips

grammar
拿来 = fetch and bring TO the speaker, contrasted with (náqù, take away from the speaker). The / ending follows the standard direction-of-motion pattern.
culture
Lu Xun's famous 1934 essay 《拿来主义》 (Náláizhǔyì, 'Take-it-ism') argued China should boldly take useful things from foreign cultures rather than reject them — coining a term still used in cultural debates.

Stroke Order

lái