甲 jiǎ
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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
jiǎ
noun
sheath
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Outer protective sheath for sprouting plants (Kroll 2015 '甲' 1, p. 193) -
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) -
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) -
jiǎ
noun
soldier
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 军人 or 兵士 (Guoyu '甲' n 3) -
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) -
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) -
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
- 甲骨文 oracle bone script
- 过氧化苯甲酰(過氧化苯甲酰) benzoil peroxide
- 二甲基胂酸 dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H; cacodylic acid
- 弃甲曳兵(棄甲曳兵) to cast away armor and drag weapons [in defeat]
- 副甲状腺(副甲狀腺) parathyroid (Tw)
- 高甲戏(高甲戲) Gaojia opera
- 卜甲 oracle tortoise shell
- 尼布甲尼撒 Nebuchadnezzar
- 甲状(甲狀) thyroid (gland)
- 铁甲(鐵甲) mail plating; armor; armor plating
- 装甲巡洋舰(裝甲巡洋艦) armoured cruiser
- 组甲(組甲) armored uniform ; troops
- 龟甲宝螺(龜甲寶螺) Mauritius cowry; Mauritia mauritiana
- 救生艇甲板 boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)
- 甲壳类(甲殼類) crustacean
- 甲酚 cresol
- 鳞甲(鱗甲) plate of armor ; an animal with scales ; plate of armor
- 马六甲海峡(馬六甲海峽) Strait of Malacca (Melaka)
- 甲方 first party
- 银甲(銀甲) a silver case
- 过氧苯甲酰(過氧苯甲酰) benzoil peroxide
- 装甲车辆(裝甲車輛) armored vehicles
- 甲基安非他命 methamphetamine
- 片鳞碎甲(片鱗碎甲) broken pieces of armor; scattered and fragmentary
- 窃蠹甲(竊蠹甲) drugstore beetle
- 甲骨文字 oracle script; oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
- 解甲倒戈 remove armor and put down weapons; to abandon battle
- 破甲弹(破甲彈) armor piercing shell
- 宫甲(宮甲) a palace guard
- 甲醛 formaldehyde (HCHO)
- 氨基甲酸酯类化合物(氨基甲酸酯類化合物) carbamate
- 甲族 a noble family
- 鼻甲骨 turbinate; nasal concha
- 甲榜 a palace graduate [jinshi]
- 缮甲治兵(繕甲治兵) repair armor and make weapons ready; preparing for battle
- 甲级战犯(甲級戰犯) a grade A war criminal
- 指甲刀 nail clipper
- 氰溴甲苯 cyanobenzyl bromide
- 装甲(裝甲) vehicle armor
- 年甲 age
- 铁甲武士(鐵甲武士) a [European style] knight
- 甲基苯丙胺 methamphetamine
- 爪甲 claws; toe nails; fingernails
- 同甲 to be the same age
- 擐甲执锐(擐甲執銳) to put on armor and carry a weapon; equipped for battle
- 身怀六甲(身懷六甲) to be pregnant
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- 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
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 甲三 (甲三) 先甲三日 — Book of Changes 易經, 蠱 Gu — count: 4