Hanzi

甲

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/(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[bao3 jia3] system (old)/ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 5

Pinyin

jiǎ

Bopomofo

ㄐㄧㄚˇ

Jyutping

gaap3

Example sentences

指甲 zhǐjiǎ
她正在剪指甲。

She is cutting her fingernails.

甲 jiǎ
桂林山水甲天下。

The scenery of Guilin is the best in the world.

乙 yǐ
甲方和乙方簽訂了合約。
甲方和乙方签订了合约。

Party A and Party B signed a contract.

Example Vocabulary

指甲

zhi3'jia3

fingernail

甲

jia3

first; armor; shell; nail

指甲油

甲乙

jia3'yi3

甲亢

jia3'kang4

甲子

jia3'zi3

甲方

二甲苯

修指甲

六甲

liu4'jia3

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