giáp
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See also: Giáp
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 甲.
Noun[edit]
giáp
- Alternative letter-case form of Giáp (“the first Heavenly Stem”)
- cycle of twelve years
- armour; cuirass
- (zoology) carapace (of crustacean)
- (historical) sub-hamlet (division of a village consisting of about ten households in ancient times)
- (medicine) Short for tuyến giáp (“thyroid”).
Etymology 2[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 夾.
Verb[edit]
giáp
- to be contiguous to; to be close to; to be adjacent to; to be bordering
- to be connected with
See also[edit]
Derived terms