jia3
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; (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) nai

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氨基甲酸酯类化合物 氨基甲酸酯類化合物 an1 ji1 jia3 suan1 zhi3 lei4 hua4 he2 wu4
carbamate

案兵束甲 案兵束甲 an4 bing1 shu4 jia3
to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting

案甲休兵 案甲休兵 an4 jia3 xiu1 bing1
to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting

保甲制度 保甲制度 bao3 jia3 zhi4 du4
the Bao-Jia system (an administrative system organized on basis of households)

苯甲醛 苯甲醛 ben3 jia3 quan2
benzaldehyde C6H5CHO, the simplest aromatic aldehyde

苯甲酸 苯甲酸 ben3 jia3 suan1
benzoic acid C6H5COOH

苯甲酸钠 苯甲酸鈉 ben3 jia3 suan1 na4
sodium benzoate, E211 (a food preservative)

苯甲酰氯 苯甲酰氯 ben3 jia3 xian1 lv4
benzoil chloride C6H5COCl

鼻甲骨 鼻甲骨 bi2 jia3 gu3
turbinate; nasal concha

鳖甲 鱉甲 bie1 jia3
turtle shell

卜甲 卜甲 bu3 jia3
oracle tortoise shell

穿山甲 穿山甲 chuan1 shan1 jia3
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater

大甲 大甲 da4 jia3
Tachia town in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县, Taiwan

大甲镇 大甲鎮 da4 jia3 zhen4
Tachia town in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县, Taiwan

倒戈卸甲 倒戈卸甲 dao3 ge1 xie4 jia3
to lay down arms

二甲 二甲 er4 jia3
2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)

二甲苯 二甲苯 er4 jia3 ben3
xylene

二甲基砷酸 二甲基砷酸 er4 jia3 ji1 shen1 suan1
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H; cacodylic acid

二甲基胂酸 二甲基胂酸 er4 jia3 ji1 shen4 suan1
dimethylarsenic acid (CH3)2AsO2H; cacodylic acid

二氯甲烷 二氯甲烷 er4 lv4 jia3 wan2
dichloromethane

飞行甲板 飛行甲板 fei1 xing2 jia3 ban3
flight deck

副甲状腺 副甲狀腺 fu4 jia3 zhuang4 xian4
parathyroid (Tw)

副甲状腺素 副甲狀腺素 fu4 jia3 zhuang4 xian4 su4
parathyroid hormone (Tw)

高甲戏 高甲戲 gao1 jia3 xi4
Gaojia opera of Fujian and Taiwan

龟甲 龜甲 gui1 jia3
tortoiseshell

龟甲宝螺 龜甲寶螺 gui1 jia3 bao3 luo2
Mauritius cowry; Mauritia mauritiana

龟甲万 龜甲萬 gui1 jia3 wan4
Kikkoman, Japanese brand of soy sauce, food seasonings etc

过氧苯甲酰 過氧苯甲酰 guo4 yang3 ben3 jia3 xian1
benzoil peroxide

过氧化苯甲酰 過氧化苯甲酰 guo4 yang3 hua4 ben3 jia3 xian1
benzoil peroxide

红马甲 紅馬甲 hong2 ma3 jia3
red waistcoat; floor trader in stock market; stockbroker

后甲板 後甲板 hou4 jia3 ban3
afterdeck

护甲 護甲 hu4 jia3
armor; bulletproof vest

花甲 花甲 hua1 jia3
complete sexagenary cycle; a 60 year-old person; passage of time

甲氨基 甲氨基 jia3 an1 ji1
methyalamino group

甲胺 甲胺 jia3 an4
methylamine

甲胺磷 甲胺磷 jia3 an4 lin2
methamidophos (chemistry)

甲板 甲板 jia3 ban3
deck (of a boat etc)

甲苯 甲苯 jia3 ben3
toluene C6H5CH3; methylbenzene

甲辰 甲辰 jia3 chen2
41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024

甲虫 甲蟲 jia3 chong2
beetle

甲虫车 甲蟲車 jia3 chong2 che1
Volkswagen Beetle

甲醇 甲醇 jia3 chun2
methyl alcohol; methanol CH3OH; wood alcohol; wood spirit

甲醇中毒 甲醇中毒 jia3 chun2 zhong1 du2
methyl alcohol poisoning

甲等 甲等 jia3 deng3
grade A; first-class

甲第 甲第 jia3 di4
residence of a noble; top candidate in the imperial examinations

甲二醇 甲二醇 jia3 er4 chun2
methylene glycol

甲方 甲方 jia3 fang1
first party (law); see also 乙方

甲酚 甲酚 jia3 fen1
cresol (chemistry)

甲肝 甲肝 jia3 gan1
hepatitis A

甲沟炎 甲溝炎 jia3 gou1 yan2
paronychia (medicine)

甲骨 甲骨 jia3 gu3
tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)

甲骨文 甲骨文 jia3 gu3 wen2
oracle script; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)

甲骨文字 甲骨文字 jia3 gu3 wen2 zi4
oracle script; oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)

甲磺磷定 甲磺磷定 jia3 huang2 lin2 ding4
pralidoxime mesylate

甲基 甲基 jia3 ji1
methyl group (chemistry)

甲基安非他命 甲基安非他命 jia3 ji1 an1 fei1 ta1 ming4
methamphetamine

甲基苯丙胺 甲基苯丙胺 jia3 ji1 ben3 bing3 an4
methamphetamine

甲级 甲級 jia3 ji2
first rate; top class; excellent

甲级战犯 甲級戰犯 jia3 ji2 zhan4 fan4
a grade A war criminal

甲铠 甲鎧 jia3 kai3
armor

甲亢 甲亢 jia3 kang4
hyperthyroidism; abbr. for 甲狀腺功能亢進|甲状腺功能亢进

甲壳虫类 甲殼蟲類 jia3 ke2 chong2 lei4
coleoptera

甲流 甲流 jia3 liu2
type A influenza; abbr. for 甲型H1N1流感; refers to H1N1 influenza of 2009

甲硫氨酸 甲硫氨酸 jia3 liu2 an1 suan1
methionine (Met), an essential amino acid

甲醚 甲醚 jia3 mi2
methyl ether CH3OCH3

甲壳 甲殼 jia3 qiao4
carapace; crust; outer shell; also pr.

甲壳虫 甲殼蟲 jia3 qiao4 chong2
the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)

甲壳虫 甲殼蟲 jia3 qiao4 chong2
beetle

甲壳动物 甲殼動物 jia3 qiao4 dong4 wu4
crustacean

甲壳类 甲殼類 jia3 qiao4 lei4
crustacean

甲壳素 甲殼素 jia3 qiao4 su4
chitin

甲氰菊酯 甲氰菊酯 jia3 qing2 ju2 zhi3
fenpropathrin (insecticide)

甲醛 甲醛 jia3 quan2
formaldehyde (HCHO)

甲申 甲申 jia3 shen1
21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064

甲申政变 甲申政變 jia3 shen1 zheng4 bian4
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops

甲酸 甲酸 jia3 suan1
formylic acid (HCOOH); formic acid; methanoic acid

甲烷 甲烷 jia3 wan2
methane CH4

甲午 甲午 jia3 wu3
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014

甲午战争 甲午戰爭 jia3 wu3 zhan4 zheng1
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)

甲仙 甲仙 jia3 xian1
Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan

甲仙乡 甲仙鄉 jia3 xian1 xiang1
Jiaxian or Chiahsien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan

甲硝唑 甲硝唑 jia3 xiao1 zuo4
metronidazole (antibacterial agent); Flagyl (trade name)

甲型 甲型 jia3 xing2
type A; type I; alpha-

甲型肝炎 甲型肝炎 jia3 xing2 gan1 yan2
hepatitis A

甲型球蛋白 甲型球蛋白 jia3 xing2 qiu2 dan4 bai2
alpha globulin; alpha fetoprotein (AFP)

甲戌 甲戌 jia3 xu1
eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054

甲氧基 甲氧基 jia3 yang3 ji1
methoxy (chemistry)

甲氧西林 甲氧西林 jia3 yang3 xi1 lin2
methicillin (a semi-synthetic penicillin) (loanword)

甲乙 甲乙 jia3 yi3
first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干

甲寅 甲寅 jia3 yin2
51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034

甲鱼 甲魚 jia3 yu2
turtle; terrapin; Taiwan pr.

甲冑 甲冑 jia3 zhou4
variant of 甲胄

甲胄 甲胄 jia3 zhou4
armor

甲状 甲狀 jia3 zhuang4
thyroid (gland)

甲状旁腺 甲狀旁腺 jia3 zhuang4 pang2 xian4
parathyroid

甲状腺 甲狀腺 jia3 zhuang4 xian4
thyroid gland

甲状腺功能亢进 甲狀腺功能亢進 jia3 zhuang4 xian4 gong1 neng2 kang4 jin4
hyperthyroidism; abbr. to 甲亢

甲状腺素 甲狀腺素 jia3 zhuang4 xian4 su4
thyroid hormone; thyroxine (used to treat underactive thyroid)

甲状腺肿 甲狀腺腫 jia3 zhuang4 xian4 zhong3
goiter (enlargement of thyroid gland)

甲子 甲子 jia3 zi3
first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干 and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支); the sixty-year cycle

甲紫 甲紫 jia3 zi3
gentian violet

脚指甲 腳指甲 jiao3 zhi3 jia5
toenail

解甲 解甲 jie3 jia3
to remove armor; to return to civilian life

解甲归田 解甲歸田 jie3 jia3 gui1 tian2
to remove armor and return to the farm; to return to civilian life

救生艇甲板 救生艇甲板 jiu4 sheng1 ting3 jia3 ban3
boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)

聚甲醛 聚甲醛 ju4 jia3 quan2
polyformaldehyde (CH2O)n

铠甲 鎧甲 kai3 jia3
armor

抗菌甲硝唑 抗菌甲硝唑 kang4 jun1 jia3 xiao1 zuo4
anti-bacterial metronidazole

抗耐甲氧西林金葡菌 抗耐甲氧西林金葡菌 kang4 nai4 jia3 yang3 xi1 lin2 jin1 pu2 jun1
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

科甲 科甲 ke1 jia3
imperial examinations

盔甲 盔甲 kui1 jia3
armor; body armor and helmet

亮菌甲素 亮菌甲素 liang4 jun1 jia3 su4
armillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic)

鳞甲 鱗甲 lin2 jia3
scale; plate of armor

鲮鲤甲 鯪鯉甲 ling2 li3 jia3
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater

六甲 六甲 liu4 jia3
Liuchia township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县, Taiwan

六甲乡 六甲鄉 liu4 jia3 xiang1
Liuchia township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县, Taiwan

氯甲烷 氯甲烷 lv4 jia3 wan2
methyl chloride CH3Cl

马甲 馬甲 ma3 jia3
corset; sockpuppet (Internet slang); vest (dialect)

马六甲 馬六甲 ma3 liu4 jia3
Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra

马六甲海峡 馬六甲海峽 ma3 liu4 jia3 hai3 xia2
the Strait of Malacca or Melaka

满城尽带黄金甲 滿城盡帶黃金甲 man3 cheng2 jin4 dai4 huang2 jin1 jia3
Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou

美甲 美甲 mei3 jia3
manicure and-or pedicure

某甲 某甲 mou3 jia3
somebody; certain individual

拇指甲 拇指甲 mu3 zhi3 jia5
thumbnail

尼布甲尼撒 尼布甲尼撒 ni2 bu4 jia3 ni2 sa1
Nebuchadnezzar

披甲 披甲 pi1 jia3
to don armor

破甲弹 破甲彈 po4 jia3 dan4
armor piercing shell

奇门遁甲 奇門遁甲 qi2 men2 dun4 jia3
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)

前甲板 前甲板 qian2 jia3 ban3
forward deck (of a boat)

前三甲 前三甲 qian2 san1 jia3
top three

窃蠹甲 竊蠹甲 qie4 du4 jia3
drugstore beetle

氰溴甲苯 氰溴甲苯 qing2 xiu4 jia3 ben3
cyanobenzyl bromide

丘逢甲 丘逢甲 qiu1 feng2 jia3
Qiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet

戎甲 戎甲 rong2 jia3
weapons and armor

软甲纲 軟甲綱 ruan3 jia3 gang1
Malacostraca, a large class of crustaceans

三甲 三甲 san1 jia3
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination

三氯甲烷 三氯甲烷 san1 lv4 jia3 wan2
chloroform CHCl3; trichloromethane

三硝基甲苯 三硝基甲苯 san1 xiao1 ji1 jia3 ben3
trinitrotoluene (TNT)

身怀六甲 身懷六甲 shen1 huai2 liu4 jia3
to be pregnant (idiom)

羧甲司坦 羧甲司坦 suo1 jia3 si1 tan3
carbocysteine

铁甲 鐵甲 tie3 jia3
mail plating; armor; armor plating

铁甲车 鐵甲車 tie3 jia3 che1
armored car

铁甲船 鐵甲船 tie3 jia3 chuan2
armored ship

铁甲舰 鐵甲艦 tie3 jia3 jian4
ironclad; an armor-plated battleship

艇甲板 艇甲板 ting3 jia3 ban3
boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)

洗甲水 洗甲水 xi3 jia3 shui3
nail polish remover

下鼻甲 下鼻甲 xia4 bi2 jia3
inferior nasal conchae

胸甲 胸甲 xiong1 jia3
breastplate

修指甲 修指甲 xiu1 zhi3 jia5
manicure

学甲 學甲 xue2 jia3
Hsuehchia town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县, Taiwan

学甲镇 學甲鎮 xue2 jia3 zhen4
Hsuehchia town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县, Taiwan

咬甲癖 咬甲癖 yao3 jia3 pi3
onychophagia (nail biting)

一甲 一甲 yi1 jia3
1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元, 榜眼, and 探花, respectively)

一甲子 一甲子 yi1 jia3 zi3
sixty years

衣甲 衣甲 yi4 jia3
armor

枕戈寝甲 枕戈寢甲 zhen3 ge1 qin3 jia3
to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom); to keep ready for battle at all times

趾甲 趾甲 zhi3 jia3
toenail

指甲 指甲 zhi3 jia5
fingernail

指甲刀 指甲刀 zhi3 jia5 dao1
nail clipper

指甲盖 指甲蓋 zhi3 jia5 gai4
fingernail

指甲剪 指甲剪 zhi3 jia5 jian3
nail clipper

指甲油 指甲油 zhi3 jia5 you2
nail polish

胄甲 胄甲 zhou4 jia3
helmet and armor

装甲 裝甲 zhuang1 jia3
vehicle armor

装甲车 裝甲車 zhuang1 jia3 che1
armored car

装甲车辆 裝甲車輛 zhuang1 jia3 che1 liang4
armored vehicles