甲
jiǎ
Pinyin

Definition

甲
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jiǎ
  1. first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  2. (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  3. first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
  4. letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  5. armor plating
  6. shell or carapace
  7. (of the fingers or toes) nail
  8. bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  9. ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  10. civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system (old)
  11. ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

指甲
zhǐ jia
  1. 1 fingernail
甲
jiǎ
  1. 1 first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  2. 2 (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  3. 3 first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
  4. 4 letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  5. 5 armor plating
  6. 6 shell or carapace
  7. 7 (of the fingers or toes) nail
  8. 8 bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  9. 9 ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  10. 10 civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system (old)
  11. 11 ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
意甲
Yì Jiǎ
  1. 1 Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system
指甲油
zhǐ jia yóu
  1. 1 nail polish
指甲钳
zhǐ jia qián
  1. 1 nail clipper
甲乙
jiǎ yǐ
  1. 1 first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
甲亢
jiǎ kàng
  1. 1 hyperthyroidism
  2. 2 abbr. for 甲狀腺功能亢進|甲状腺功能亢进[jiǎ zhuàng xiàn gōng néng kàng jìn]
甲子
jiǎ zǐ
  1. 1 first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tiān gān] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[dì zhī])
  2. 2 the sixty-year cycle
甲方
jiǎ fāng
  1. 1 first party (law)
  2. 2 see also 乙方[yǐ fāng]
甲板
jiǎ bǎn
  1. 1 deck (of a boat etc)
甲状腺
jiǎ zhuàng xiàn
  1. 1 thyroid gland
甲醇
jiǎ chún
  1. 1 methyl alcohol
  2. 2 methanol CH3OH
  3. 3 wood alcohol
  4. 4 wood spirit
甲醛
jiǎ quán
  1. 1 formaldehyde (HCHO)
甲骨文
jiǎ gǔ wén
  1. 1 oracle script
  2. 2 oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
盔甲
kuī jiǎ
  1. 1 armor
  2. 2 body armor and helmet
美甲
měi jiǎ
  1. 1 manicure and-or pedicure
花甲
huā jiǎ
  1. 1 complete sexagenary cycle
  2. 2 a 60 year-old person
  3. 3 passage of time
西甲
Xī Jiǎ
  1. 1 La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system
护甲
hù jiǎ
  1. 1 armor
  2. 2 bulletproof vest
趾甲
zhǐ jiǎ
  1. 1 toenail

Idioms (5)

枕戈寝甲
zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
  1. 1 to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep ready for battle at all times
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
案甲休兵
àn jiǎ xiū bīng
  1. 1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜
jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng
  1. 1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
身怀六甲
shēn huái liù jiǎ
  1. 1 to be pregnant (idiom)

Sample Sentences

孙子曰：凡用兵之法，驰车千驷，革车千乘，带甲十万，千里馈粮。
Sūnzǐ yuē ：fán yòngbīng zhī fǎ ，chíchē qiān sì ，géchē qiān shèng ，dàijiǎ shíwàn ，qiānlǐ kuì liáng 。
Sun tzu said: To mobilize an army, we need light and heavy vehicles of 1000 each, 100,000 soldiers, food and necessities.
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大漠列阵，“黄沙百战穿金甲
dàmò liè zhèn ，“huáng Shā bǎi zhàn chuān jīnjiǎ
Desert formation, "My toughened armour speaks of the hundreds of battles in the northern deserts".
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我要马甲线，我要小蛮腰！我还要顺便观赏一下肌肉男养养眼。
wǒ yào mǎjiǎxiàn ，wǒ yào xiǎományāo ！wǒ huán yào shùnbiàn guānshǎng yīxià jīròunán yǎng yǎngyǎn 。
I want firm abs, a petite waist and to feast my eyes on masculine men.
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只要在甲方和乙方都同意的情况之下，他们是可以解约的。
zhǐyào zài jiǎfāng hé yǐfāng dōu tóngyì de qíngkuàng zhīxià ，tāmen shì kěyǐ jiěyuē de 。
As long as Party A and Party B both agree, they can terminate the contract.
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美国：一只穿制服、涂红色指甲油的小猪是机场“减压员”，它的主要工作是给旅客缓解搭乘飞机时的紧张情绪。
Měiguó ：yī zhǐ chuān zhìfú 、tú hóngsè zhǐjiayóu de xiǎozhū shì jīchǎng “jiǎnyā yuán ”，tā de zhǔyào gōngzuò shì gěi lu:3kè huǎnjiě dāchéng fēijī shí de jǐnzhāng qíngxù 。
United States: A pig in uniform and red nail polish is an airport "de-stress officer", whose main job is to ease the tension of passengers when flying.
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不可以，指甲剪也还是剪刀。
bù kěyǐ ，zhǐjiajiǎn yě háishi jiǎndāo 。
No, nail clippers are still a kind of cutting blade.
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指甲剪可以上飞机吗？不尖的。
zhǐjiajiǎn kěyǐ shàng fēijī ma ？bù jiān de 。
Can I take my nail clippers on the plane with me? They’re not sharp.
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王太太���陈小姐，这是租屋合同，你们先看看。王太太，您是房东，请注意甲方的条款、陈小姐，您要清楚乙方的责任。
Wáng Tàitai 、Chén xiǎojie ，zhè shì zū wū hétong ，nǐmen xiān kàn kan 。Wáng Tàitai ，nín shì fángdōng ，qǐng zhùyì jiǎfāng de tiáokuǎn 、Chén xiǎojie ，nín yào qīngchǔ yǐfāng de zérèn 。
Mrs Wang and Ms Chen, this is the rental contract, have a look. Mrs Wang, you are the landlady, please pay attention to the conditions for party A, Ms Chen, you should be clear of the responsibilities of party B.
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我们要尽可能地避开他们的装甲部队，把他们的步兵引入到伏击圈中。
wǒmen yào jǐnkěnéng de bìkāi tāmen de zhuāngjiǎbùduì ，bǎ tāmen de bùbīng yǐnrù dào fújīquān zhōng 。
We have to do our utmost to avoid their armoured forces and lure their infantry into an ambush ring.
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这么神奇！果然是地球人已经无法阻止他们的服务了。什么送蛋糕唱生日歌啦，送孕妇婴儿画报啦，给女客人做指甲啦，都不算什么了。
zhème shénqí ！guǒrán shì dìqiúrén yǐjīng wúfǎ zǔzhǐ tāmen de fúwù le 。shénme sòng dàngāo chàng shēngrìgē la ，sòng yùnfù yīngér huàbào la ，gěi nǚkèrén zuò zhījia la ，dōu bùsuàn shénme le 。
That's so strange! It turns out that now there's nothing we people of the world can do to stop their services. Giving a birthday cake and singing a birthday song, giving pregnant women pictures of cute babies, giving female customers manicures, it's all considered normal.
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