甲

jiǎ

HSK 5 noun

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Meaning 释义

  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°

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In real sentences 真实例句

桂林Guìlín山水shānshuǐ甲jiǎ天下tiānxià。

Guilin's sceneries are the most beautiful ones under the heaven.

Tatoeba #760171

甲jiǎ之zhī蜜糖mìtáng，乙yǐ之zhī砒霜pīshuāng。

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Tatoeba #5092091

手shǒu甲jiǎ的de生长shēngzhǎng速度sùdù比bǐ脚jiǎo甲jiǎ快kuài四sì倍bèi。

Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.

Tatoeba #1665787

这zhè块kuài龟guī腹fù甲jiǎ的de甲jiǎ桥qiáo上shàng有yǒu三sān个gè字zì的de刻kè辞cí。

There are three words engraved on the bridge of the plastron of this turtle.

Tatoeba #9963685

她tā有yǒu咬yǎo指甲zhǐjia的de习惯xíguàn。

She has a habit of biting her nails.

Tatoeba #2411919

Example sentences: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Related words 相关词

已经 yǐ jīng HSK 2 干 gān HSK 3 亲爱 qīn ài HSK 5 讲 jiǎng HSK 3 已 yǐ HSK 4 冲 chōng HSK 5 躲 duǒ HSK 5 干净 gān jìng HSK 3

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