解甲

Chinese

		to loosen; to untie; to explain to loosen; to untie; to explain; to remove; to divide; to dissolve; to solve; solution; send under escort	1st heavenly stem; armour; shell
trad. (解甲)		解	甲
simp. #(解甲)		解	甲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiějiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai² gaap³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiějiǎ [Phonetic: jiéjiǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiějiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chieh³-chia³
    • Yale: jyě-jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieejea
    • Palladius: цзецзя (czeczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai² gaap³
    • Yale: gáai gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai² gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai² gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯³⁵ kaːp̚³/

Verb

解甲

1. (literary) to take off one's armour; to disarm; to unarm

   解甲休兵  ―  jiějiǎ xiūbīng  ―  to let soldiers take off their armour and rest

   解甲歸田／解甲归田  ―  jiějiǎ guītián  ―  (of a military officer) to retire (literally, “to take off one's armour and go back to homeland for farming”)