Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 甲

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shítiāngān)
(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 (bǎojiǎ) system (old)
ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

(place name)

La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system

historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲 (jiǎ) and jia are grouped in bao 保 (bǎo)

turtle shell

1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元／状元 (zhuàngyuán), 榜眼 (bǎngyǎn), and 探花 (tànhuā), respectively)

scale
plate of armor

2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)

thyroid (gland)

first party (law)
see also 乙方 (yǐfāng)

3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
(hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等／三级甲等 (sānjíjiǎděng))

armor
body armor and helmet

first rate
top class
excellent

first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shítiāngān)

fingernail

first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 (tiāngān) and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支 (dìzhī))
the sixty-year cycle

residence of a noble
top candidate in the imperial examinations

weapons and armor

breastplate

beetle

cresol (chemistry)

formylic acid (HCOOH)
formic acid
methanoic acid

variant of 甲胄 (jiǎzhòu)

somebody
certain individual

methylamine

vehicle armor

corset
sockpuppet (Internet slang)
vest (dialect)

armor

mecha (human-operated robots in Japanese manga)

oracle tortoise shell

mail plating
armor
armor plating

Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣／高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan

methyl ether CH3OCH3

to don armor

methane CH4

methyl alcohol
methanol CH3OH
wood alcohol
wood spirit

carapace
crust
outer shell
also pr. (jiǎké)

type A
type I
alpha-

41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024

turtle
terrapin
Taiwan pr. (jiàyú)

armor

formaldehyde (HCHO)

hyperthyroidism
abbr. for 甲狀腺功能亢進／甲状腺功能亢进 (jiǎzhuàngxiàngōngnéngkàngjìn)

gentian violet

21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064

eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054

armor

imperial examinations

grade A
first-class

complete sexagenary cycle
a 60 year-old person
passage of time

tortoise shell

helmet and armor

armor

deck (of a boat etc)

Hsuehchia town in Tainan county 台南縣／台南县 ( Táinánxiàn), Taiwan

to remove armor
to return to civilian life

weevil
snout beetle

armor
bulletproof vest

Dajia or Tachia Town in Taichung County 臺中縣／台中县 ( Táizhōng Xiàn), Taiwan

Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system

methyl group (chemistry)

toluene C6H5CH3
methylbenzene

hepatitis A

tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones

type A influenza
abbr. for 甲型H1N1流感
refers to H1N1 influenza of 2009

toenail

thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014

manicure and-or pedicure

51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034

crustacean

Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan

methylene glycol

Hsuehchia town in Tainan county 台南縣／台南县 ( Táinánxiàn), Taiwan

Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet

nail clipper

ordinary person A; generic person; some random person

armored ship

thumbnail

Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans

zhuāngjiǎchē

armored car
CL:輛／辆 (liàng)

manicure

nail polish remover

toenail

nail clipper

fingernail

ironclad
an armor-plated battleship

pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
scaly ant-eater

methamidophos (chemistry)

Dajia or Tachia Town in Taichung County 臺中縣／台中县 ( Táizhōng Xiàn), Taiwan

oracle script
oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)

methoxy (chemistry)

sixty years

jiǎzhuàngxiàn

thyroid gland

Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra

forward deck (of a boat)

chuānshānjiǎ

pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
scaly ant-eater

(Tw) bisphenol A (BPA)

methyl chloride CH3Cl

jiǎqiàochóng

beetle

chitin

paronychia (medicine)

boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)

benzoic acid C6H5COOH

armor piercing shell

top three

Jiǎxiānxiāng

Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣／高雄县 ( Gāoxióngxiàn), southwest Taiwan

red waistcoat
(stock market) floor trader; floor broker

nail clipper

afterdeck

metronidazole (antibacterial agent)
Flagyl (trade name)

methyalamino group

Volkswagen Beetle

armored car

onychophagia (nail biting)

Kikkoman, Japanese brand of soy sauce, food seasonings etc

xylene

Jiǎqiàochóng

the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)

nail polish

polyformaldehyde (CH2O)n

inferior nasal conchae

benzaldehyde C6H5CHO, the simplest aromatic aldehyde

turbinate
nasal concha

drugstore beetle
CL:隻／只 (zhī)

qíméndùnjiǎ

ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)

qíngxiùjiǎběn

cyanobenzyl bromide

oracle script
oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)

fùjiǎzhuàngxiàn

parathyroid (Tw)

jiǎzhuàngxiànzhǒng

goiter (enlargement of thyroid gland)

ànbīngshùjiǎ

to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting

jiǎzhuàngxiànsù

thyroid hormone
thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)

fēixíngjiǎbǎn

flight deck

jiǎqíngjúzhǐ

fenpropathrin (insecticide)

jiǎhuánglíndìng

pralidoxime mesylate

zhěngēqǐnjiǎ

lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
fig. to keep ready for battle at all times

jiǎzhuàngpángxiàn

parathyroid

jiǎjízhànfàn

a grade A war criminal

shēnhuáiliùjiǎ

to be pregnant (idiom)

jiǎqiàodòngwù

crustacean

sānlüjiǎwán

chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)

dǎogēxièjiǎ

to lay down arms

Jiǎshēnzhèngbiàn

unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops

jiějiǎguītián

to remove armor and return to the farm
to return to civilian life

Jiǎwǔ Zhànzhēng

First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)

dichloromethane

jiǎliú'ānsuān

methionine (Met), an essential amino acid

běnjiǎxiānlü

benzoil chloride C6H5COCl

liàngjūnjiǎsù

armillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic)

ànjiǎxiūbīng

to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting

běnjiǎsuānnà

sodium benzoate, E211 (a food preservative)

jiǎyǎngxīlín

methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)

zhuāngjiǎchēliàng

armored vehicles

jiǎxínggānyán

hepatitis A

guījiǎbǎoluó

Mauritius cowry
Mauritia mauritiana

jiǎkéchónglèi

insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)

suōjiǎsītǎn

carbocysteine

èrjiǎjīshēnsuān

二甲基砷酸

[二甲基砷酸]

dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
cacodylic acid

jiǎjīběnbǐng'àn

甲基苯丙胺

[甲基苯丙胺]

methamphetamine

èrjiǎjīshènsuān

二甲基胂酸

[二甲基胂酸]

dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
cacodylic acid

fùjiǎzhuàngxiànsù

副甲状腺素

[副甲狀腺素]

parathyroid hormone (Tw)

sānxiāojījiǎběn

三硝基甲苯

[三硝基甲苯]

trinitrotoluene (TNT)

Mǎliùjiǎ Hǎixiá

马六甲海峡

[馬六甲海峽]

Strait of Malacca

Níbùjiǎnísā

尼布甲尼撒

[尼布甲尼撒]

Nebuchadnezzar

jiùshēngtǐngjiǎbǎn

救生艇甲板

[救生艇甲板]

boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)

jiǎxíngqiúdànbái

甲型球蛋白

[甲型球蛋白]

alpha globulin
alpha fetoprotein (AFP)

guòyǎngběnjiǎxiān

过氧苯甲酰

[過氧苯甲酰]

benzoil peroxide

guòyǎnghuàběnjiǎxiān

过氧化苯甲酰

[過氧化苯甲酰]

benzoil peroxide

línběn'èrjiǎsuānzhǐ

邻苯二甲酸酯

[鄰苯二甲酸酯]

phthalate (chemistry)

jiǎjī'ānfēitāmìng

甲基安非他命

[甲基安非他命]

methamphetamine

Mǎnchéngjìndàihuángjīnjiǎ

满城尽带黄金甲

[滿城盡帶黃金甲]

Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou

duìqiǎngjīběnjiǎsuānzhǐ

对羟基苯甲酸酯

[對羥基苯甲酸酯]

paraben (chemistry)

jiǎzhuàngxiàngōngnéngkàngjìn

甲状腺功能亢进

[甲狀腺功能亢進]

hyperthyroidism
abbr. to 甲亢 (jiǎkàng)

jiǎzhīmìtáng,yǐzhīpīshuāng

甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜

[甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜]

one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)

kàngnàijiǎyǎngxīlínjīnpújūn

抗耐甲氧西林金葡菌

[抗耐甲氧西林金葡菌]

methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

ānjījiǎsuānzhǐlèihuàhéwù

氨基甲酸酯类化合物

[氨基甲酸酯類化合物]

carbamate