甲

The character "甲" has 5 strokes. "甲" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "甲" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "甲" are "jiǎ" . View the stroke order of "甲">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "甲"

n.: jia; shell; carapace; nail; armour; unit of civil administration consisting of ten households

v.: be in first place

• jia : n.贾（中国姓氏）
• shell : n.壳；壳状物；炮弹；炸弹；蛋壳；弹壳；果壳；龟甲；荚
• carapace : n.背甲；头胸甲
• nail : n.钉子；指甲；纳尔；爪；趾甲；上喙的硬甲壳
• armour : n.盔甲；甲壳；装甲；装甲钢板；装甲车辆；保护外层；防御

Form words with "甲"

碰裂拇指甲 break one's thumbnail

Example phrases using "甲"

• 桂林山水甲天下，阳朔山水甲桂林。

  The scenery of Guilin is the best under heaven while the scenery of Yangshuo is better than that of Guilin.

• 下一轮比赛甲和乙搭档。

  A is paired with B in the next round of competition.

• 甲和乙打成平局。

  A tied B. / A was tied with B. / A drew against/at/on B. / A and B came out/broke even.

• 甲和乙竞赛。

  A races against/with B.

• 她用拇指甲打开书后飞快翻阅书页。

  [with obj.]she opened a book with her thumbnail and riffled the pages.

• 假设甲杀死了乙。

  Suppose A had killed B.

• 甲：当然。您想什么时候起床呢？

  A: Sure. What time do you want to get up?

• 泰坦是钢爪阵营的初级战斗机甲.

  The Titan is the basic tier one battle mech for the Steel Talons.

• 学生甲: ESPN是谁创建的?

  Student A: Who set up the ESPN?

• 警察甲：你在这儿有多久 了?。

  Policeman:How long've you been here?