甲 jiǎ

1. jiǎ noun armor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Protective armor made from leather or metal; as in 铠甲 (Guoyu '甲' n 2; Kroll 2015 '甲' 3, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 2)
2. jiǎ adjective first
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 甲等 first-class (Guoyu '甲' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '甲' 5, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Wu and Tee 2015, 1465)
3. jiǎ proper noun First Heavenly Stem
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Heavenly Stem 天干
   Notes: (Guoyu '甲' n 1; Kroll 2015 '甲' 4, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 1)
4. jiǎ noun Kangxi radical 102
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Alternate form for 田 (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
5. jiǎ noun finger and toe nails; claw; talon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 指甲 'fingernail' and 脚趾甲 'toenail' (Guoyu '甲' n 5; Kroll 2015 '甲' 2b, p. 193; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 4)
6. jiǎ noun shell
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 硬壳; for example, 龟甲 'tortoise shell' (Guoyu '甲' n 4; Kroll 2015 '甲' 2, p. 193; Unihan '甲'; XHZD '甲' 3)
7. jiǎ noun administrative unit; a group of ten households
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In imperial China (Guoyu '甲' n 7; Mathews 1931 '甲', p. 82; XHZD '甲' 6)
8. jiǎ noun sheath
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Outer protective sheath for sprouting plants (Kroll 2015 '甲' 1, p. 193)
9. jiǎ pronoun anonymous character
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For an unknown or fictionary figure; for example, 某甲 'a certain person' (Guoyu '甲' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '甲' 6, p. 193)
10. jià noun a class of animals with shells
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For an unknown or fictionary figure (Guoyu '甲' jià; Kroll 2015 '甲' 2a, p. 193)
11. jiǎ noun soldier
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 军人 or 兵士 (Guoyu '甲' n 3)
12. jiǎ noun military armor
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Modern military armor; for example, 装甲车 'armored car' (Guoyu '甲' n 6)
13. jiǎ measure word a unit of land
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Used in Taiwan; equal to 9 公顷 hectares (Guoyu '甲' n 8)
14. jiǎ verb exeeding the norm /to be outstanding
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 超出群众; for example, the idiom 富甲天下 'exceedingly wealthy' (Guoyu '甲' v)

Contained in

• 甲马(甲馬) armored soldiers and horses
• 解甲休兵 remove armor and put down weapons
• 穿山甲 pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
• 甲长(甲長) a group of ten households
• 卷甲 armory; store of weapons ; to surrender weapons ; comfortable clothing
• 过氧苯甲酰(過氧苯甲酰) benzoil peroxide
• 窃蠹甲(竊蠹甲) drugstore beetle
• 甲磺磷定 pralidoxime mesylate
• 甲等 first grade
• 坚甲利兵(堅甲利兵) stiff armor and sharp weapons; well prepared
• 弃甲抛戈(棄甲拋戈) to cast away armor and halberds [in defeat]
• 带甲(帶甲) an armored soldier
• 鲮鲤甲(鯪鯉甲) pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
• 甲午 thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
• 一甲子 sixty years
• 银甲(銀甲) a silver case
• 擐甲执锐(擐甲執銳) to put on armor and carry a weapon; equipped for battle
• 甲第 residence of a noble ; top candidate in the imperial examinations
• 二甲基胂酸 dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H; cacodylic acid
• 平头甲子(平頭甲子) sixty years old
• 弃甲曳兵(棄甲曳兵) to cast away armor and drag weapons [in defeat]
• 甲肝 hepatitis A
• 艇甲板 boat deck
• 丢盔弃甲(丟盔棄甲) lay down helmets and cast off armor
• 甲板 a deck
• 金甲 metal armor
• 甲状旁腺(甲狀旁腺) parathyroid
• 衣甲 armor
• 氰溴甲苯 cyanobenzyl bromide
• 卸甲 to put down weapons
• 甲族 a noble family
• 甲兵 armor and weapons ; an armored soldier ; war
• 伏甲 armor used for ambushing
• 盔甲 armor; body armor and helmet
• 年近花甲 a person nearing sixty years of age
• 甲士 an armored soldier
• 甲状腺素(甲狀腺素) thyroid hormone; thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)
• 枕戈坐甲 to rest one's head on a halberd and sit on armour; ready for war
• 解甲倒戈 remove armor and put down weapons; to abandon battle
• 甲醛 formaldehyde (HCHO)
• 擐甲执兵(擐甲執兵) to put on armor and carry a weapon; equipped for battle
• 寸甲不留 not leave behind any means of defense
• 甲醚 methyl ether CH3OCH3
• 缮甲治兵(繕甲治兵) repair armor and make weapons ready; preparing for battle
• 丢盔卸甲(丟盔卸甲) lay down helmet and armor
• 甲胺 methylamine
• 甲天下 first under Heaven
• 爪甲 claws; toe nails; fingernails

Also contained in

甲申政变 、 六甲乡 、 甲仙乡

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷34　志第29 經籍三 Volume 34 Treatises 29: Bibliography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 66
• 卷七十九　志第二十九: 　輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 59
• 卷二百五十七 列傳第一百四十五 張鶴鳴 董漢儒 趙彥 王洽 梁廷棟 熊明遇 張鳳翼 陳新甲 馮元飇 Volume 257 Biographies 145: Zhang Heming, Dong Hanru, Zhao Yan, Wang Qia, Liang Tingdong, Xiong Mingyu, Zhang Fengyi, Chen Xinjia, Feng Yuanbiao History of Ming 明史 — count: 48
• 卷三百九十七 列傳第一百五十六 徐誼 吳獵 項安世 薛叔似 劉甲 楊輔 劉光祖 Volume 397 Biographies 156: Xu Yi, Wu Lie, Xiang Anshi, Xue Shusi, Liu Jia, Yang Fu, Liu Guangzu History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
• 卷一百四十五 志第九十八 儀衞三 Volume 145 Treatises 98: Ceremonial Guards 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
• 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 31
• 卷二十三上　　　志第十三上　　儀衛上 Volume 23a Treatises 13: Ceremonies 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 30
• 卷二百〇六 志第一百五十九 藝文五 Volume 206 Treatises 159: Arts and Literature 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 27
• 卷五十九　　　　志第四十九　　藝文三 Volume 59 Treatises 55: The Arts 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 25
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 24

Collocations

• 授甲 (授甲) 乃歸授甲 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 9
• 甲父 (甲父) 石甲父 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 7
• 车甲 (車甲) 國人則矜其車甲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧小戎 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Xiao Rong — count: 6
• 丘甲 (丘甲) 作丘甲 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
• 甲盾 (甲盾) 其為甲盾五兵何 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節用上 Book 6 - Economy of Expenditures I — count: 5
• 甲车 (甲車) 及甲車四百六十乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 狄甲 (狄甲) 晉人滅赤狄甲氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 甲氏 (甲氏) 晉人滅赤狄甲氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 作甲 (作甲) 丘作甲 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
• 甲三 (甲三) 先甲三日 — Book of Changes 易經, 蠱 Gu — count: 4