拿走

• Pinyin: ná zǒu
• Hanzi breakdown: 拿 = 合 (join) + 手 (hand), to take; 走 = to walk/leave. Take and go.

Meaning

To take away; to carry off; to remove.

Verb-complement construction meaning to take something and leave with it. 拿 (take/hold) + 走 (away/leave). Common in daily situations involving removing objects. Can be polite request or statement of action.

Examples

1. 这些旧杂志你要是不要，我就拿走了。 If you don't want these old magazines, I'll take them away.
2. 他把桌上的文件拿走了，也没说一声。 He took the documents from the table without saying a word.
3. 服务员，这几个空盘子可以拿走了。 Waiter, you can take these empty plates away now.

Usage Guide

Context: daily life, requests

Tone: direct

Do Say

• 这个我可以拿走吗？(Can I take this?)
• 别把我的东西拿走。(Don't take my things away.)

Don't Say

• 把拿走用于抽象概念 (拿走 is for physical objects; use 带走 for people or abstract things)

Origin & History

Verb-complement: 拿 (take/hold) + 走 (go/away). Taking something while leaving.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal