甲

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 我的指甲断了。

  Wǒ de zhǐ jia duàn le

  I broke a nail.

• 不要再咬指甲了。

  Bù yào zài yǎo zhǐ jia le

  Stop biting your nails.

• 她有咬指甲的习惯。

  Tā yǒu yǎo zhǐ jia de xí guàn

  She has a habit of biting her nails.

• 她站在甲板上，长头发随风飞舞。

  Tā zhàn zài jiǎ bǎn shàng cháng tóu fa suí fēng fēi wǔ

  She stood on the deck with her long hair waving in the wind.

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Words containing 甲

• 甲jiǎ 3first of the ten Heavenly Stems 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) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
• 指甲zhǐ jia 3–5fingernail