Miaozi

甲

jiǎㄐㄧㄚˇ
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HSK 5TOCFL 6

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

  2. 2

    (used for an unspecified person or thing)

  3. 3

    first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)

  4. 4

    letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc

  5. 5

    armor plating

  6. 6

    shell or carapace

  7. 7

    (of the fingers or toes) nail

  8. 8

    bladed leather or metal armor (old)

Examples

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洗甲水的味道很難聞。

Nail polish remover stinks a lot.

手甲的生長速度比腳甲快四倍。

Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.

甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜。

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

這塊龜腹甲的甲橋上有三個字的刻辭。

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

我喜歡甲蟲。

I like beetles.

Stroke practice

Practice writing 甲

Characters

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