Chinese Notes

甲 jiǎ

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

酚甲烷 bisphenol A (BPA)
羧甲司坦 carbocysteine
鳞甲(鱗甲) plate of armor ; an animal with scales ; plate of armor
副甲状腺素(副甲狀腺素) parathyroid hormone (Tw)
甲等 first grade
卸甲 to put down weapons
鲮鲤甲(鯪鯉甲) pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
甲壳素(甲殼素) chitin
甲磺磷定 pralidoxime mesylate
装甲(裝甲) vehicle armor
下鼻甲(下鼻甲) inferior nasal conchae
甲流 type A influenza
六十甲子 a cylcle of sixty years ; sixty years old
鼻甲骨 turbinate; nasal concha
甲沟炎(甲溝炎) paronychia
甲胺磷 methamidophos
穿山甲 pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater
二甲 2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
铁甲(鐵甲) mail plating; armor; armor plating
抛戈弃甲(拋戈棄甲) to put down weapons and take off armor
平头甲子(平頭甲子) sixty years old
解甲休兵 remove armor and put down weapons
伏甲 armor used for ambushing
甲型 type A; type I; alpha-
解甲释兵(解甲釋兵) remove armor and throw away weapons; to abandon battle
甲天下 first under Heaven
甲壳亚门(甲殼亞門) Crustacea
指甲盖(指甲蓋) fingernail
铠甲(鎧甲) armor
咬甲癖 onychophagia (nail biting)
甲硫氨酸 methionine (Met)
倒戈卸甲 to lay down arms
戎甲 weapons and armor
胸甲 breastplate
甲辰 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle
擐甲执兵(擐甲執兵) to put on armor and carry a weapon; equipped for battle
坚甲利兵(堅甲利兵) stiff armor and sharp weapons; well prepared
二甲苯 xylene
地方火甲 a local official
缮甲治兵(繕甲治兵) repair armor and make weapons ready; preparing for battle
盔甲 armor; body armor and helmet
犀甲 rhinoceros armour; leather breast-plate
束甲 to pack away armor
苯甲醛 benzaldehyde C6H5CHO, the simplest aromatic aldehyde
指甲刀 nail clipper
寸甲不留 not leave behind any means of defense

Also contained in

学甲镇、六甲乡、太甲、马六甲、大甲

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Truncated for common words

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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
甲三 (甲三) 先甲三日 — Book of Changes 易經, 蠱 Gu — 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
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