甲
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
jiǎ jia3
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 干
- (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 甲 system (old)
- ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
Example sentences
HSK words with 甲
More words with 甲
- 甲子 jiǎzǐ 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))
- 一甲 yījiǎ 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 状元 (zhuàng yuán), 榜眼 (bǎng yǎn), and 探花 (tàn huā), respectively)
- 马甲 mǎjiǎ corset
- 机甲 jījiǎ mecha (human-operated robots in Japanese manga)
- 花甲 huājiǎ 60 years (of age)
- 三甲 sānjiǎ 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
- 甲流 jiǎliú type A influenza
- 甲方 jiǎfāng party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方 (yǐ fāng), party B)
- 二甲 èrjiǎ 2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
- 美甲 měijiǎ manicure and-or pedicure
- 科甲 kējiǎ imperial examinations