拿起 - Zhictionary

Examples

拿起來。

Pick it up.

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆拿起铅笔。

Tom picked up a pencil.

Source: Tatoeba

湯姆拿起了刀。

Tom picked up the knife.

Source: Tatoeba

他拿起筆，寫了起來。

He took up his pen and began to write.

Source: Tatoeba

汤姆拿起罐子读标签。

Tom picked up the jar and read the label.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

to hold
to seize
to catch
to apprehend
to take
(used in the same way as 把 bǎ: to mark the following noun as a direct object)

2

起

qǐ

to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
starting from (a time, place, price etc)
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group

Related entries

拎起

līnqǐ

to pick up (from the ground with one's hands)

拾

shí

to pick up
to collate or arrange
ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

他拾起了書。

He picked up the book.

Source: Tatoeba

拾取

shíqǔ

to pick up
to collect

to pick up (a theme etc)
to regain (confidence)
to revive (a custom, friendship etc)