甲 jiǎ jia

armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem

HSK 5 #1106

DEFINITIONS

甲 jiǎ
  • first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
  • (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  • first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
  • letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  • armor plating
  • shell or carapace
  • (of the fingers or toes) nail
  • bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  • ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  • civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)
  • ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

STROKES

WORDS

甲方 jiǎ fāng first party (law); see also 乙方[yi3 fang1]
甲胄 jiǎ zhòu armor
甲酸 jiǎ suān formylic acid (HCOOH); formic acid; methanoic acid
美甲 měi jiǎ manicure and-or pedicure
指甲盖 zhǐ jia gài fingernail
甲肝 jiǎ gān hepatitis A
甲酚 jiǎ fēn cresol (chemistry)
甲醚 jiǎ mí methyl ether CH3OCH3
甲鱼 jiǎ yú turtle; terrapin; Taiwan pr. [jia4 yu2]
穿山甲 chuān shān jiǎ pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
花甲 huā jiǎ complete sexagenary cycle; a 60 year-old person; passage of time
六甲 liù jiǎ Liuchia township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
机甲 jī jiǎ mecha (human-operated robots in Japanese manga)
甲乙 jiǎ yǐ first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
铁甲 tiě jiǎ mail plating; armor; armor plating
铁甲舰 tiě jiǎ jiàn ironclad; an armor-plated battleship
一甲 yī jiǎ 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)
一甲子 yī jiǎ zǐ sixty years
三氯甲烷 sān lǜ jiǎ wán chloroform CHCl3; trichloromethane
三甲 sān jiǎ 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
三硝基甲苯 sān xiāo jī jiǎ běn trinitrotoluene (TNT)
下鼻甲 xià bí jiǎ inferior nasal conchae
丘逢甲 qiū féng jiǎ Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
二氯甲烷 èr lǜ jiǎ wán dichloromethane
二甲 èr jiǎ 2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
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