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甲
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Definitions
- 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
- 5. B
- 6. C\, or \I
- 7. II
- 8. III\ etc
- 9. armor plating
- 10. shell or carapace
- 11. (of the fingers or toes) nail
- 12. ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
Example Sentences
1 shown我喜歡 甲 蟲。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 甲
one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
to remove armor
weapons and armor
vehicle armor
armor piercing shell
Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
methionine (Met), an essential amino acid
methyl ether CH3OCH3
Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan
toenail
toenail
armored vehicles
hepatitis A
sodium benzoate, E211 (a food preservative)
(place name)
benzaldehyde C6H5CHO, the simplest aromatic aldehyde
the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
Hsuehchia town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
to be pregnant (idiom)
type A
benzoic acid C6H5COOH
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuàng yuán], 榜眼[bǎng yǎn], and 探花[tàn huā], respectively)
residence of a noble
turtle shell
to lay down arms
breastplate
helmet and armor
Dajia or Tachia Town in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
ironclad
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])
benzoil peroxide
nail clipper
Hsuehchia town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
drugstore beetle
trinitrotoluene (TNT)
La Liga, the top division of the Spanish football league system
armor
chloroform (trichloromethane CHCl3)
Dajia or Tachia Town in Taichung County 臺中縣|台中县[tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
first party (law)
red waistcoat
xylene
armored car
thyroid hormone
carbocysteine
inferior nasal conchae
benzoil peroxide
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)
scale
first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones
21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
methane CH4
paraben (chemistry)
weevil
methamphetamine
somebody
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
benzoil chloride C6H5COCl
goiter (enlargement of thyroid gland)
fenpropathrin (insecticide)
deck (of a boat etc)
oracle tortoise shell
flight deck
paronychia (medicine)
to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
crustacean
cresol (chemistry)
fingernail
methoxy (chemistry)
a grade A war criminal
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
turbinate
cyanobenzyl bromide
nail polish
manicure
to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
hepatitis A
methamidophos (chemistry)
onychophagia (nail biting)
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
complete sexagenary cycle
armor
gentian violet
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
armor
alpha globulin
hyperthyroidism
first-class
fingernail
formaldehyde (HCHO)
coleoptera
methylene glycol
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
top three
methyl alcohol
armillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic)
parathyroid
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans
mecha (human-operated robots in Japanese manga)
forward deck (of a boat)
type A influenza
methyl group (chemistry)
Strait of Malacca
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan
methicillin (a semisynthetic penicillin) (loanword)
tortoise shell
carbamate
to remove armor and return to the farm
imperial examinations
phthalate (chemistry)
armor
crustacean
afterdeck
nail clipper
41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
hyperthyroidism
armor
first rate
mail plating
eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
methamphetamine
thumbnail
pralidoxime mesylate
nail clipper
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H
corset
boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)
Mauritius cowry
methyl alcohol poisoning
formylic acid (HCOOH)
manicure and-or pedicure
methylamine
methyl chloride CH3Cl
Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system
sixty years
metronidazole (antibacterial agent)
armored car
armored ship
Volkswagen Beetle
to don armor
nail polish remover
Kikkoman, Japanese brand of soy sauce, food seasonings etc
chitin
methyalamino group
toluene C6H5CH3
thyroid gland
carapace
turtle
polyformaldehyde (CH2O)n
Nebuchadnezzar
oracle script
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination
oracle script
thyroid (gland)
anti-bacterial metronidazole
beetle
armor
dichloromethane