擐甲

Chinese

		pass through; to get into (armour)	1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
simp. and trad. (擐甲)		擐	甲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huànjiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huànjiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huànjiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴-chia³
    • Yale: hwàn-jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannjea
    • Palladius: хуаньцзя (xuanʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

擐甲

1. (literary) to don armor

   • 擐甲執兵，固即死也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     擐甲执兵，固即死也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Huànjiǎ zhí bīng, gù jí sǐ yě. [Pinyin]

     When one dons his armour and takes his weapons, it is to go in the way of death.