六甲

六甲

Chinese

		six	1st heavenly stem; armor; shell
simp. and trad. (六甲)		六	甲

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liùjiǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): luk⁶ gaap³
• Min Nan (POJ): la̍k-kah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liùjiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liòujiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: liu⁴-chia³
    • Yale: lyòu-jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liowjea
    • Palladius: люцзя (ljuczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕjä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: luk⁶ gaap³
    • Yale: luhk gaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: luk⁹ gaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lug⁶ gab³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊk̚² kaːp̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍k-kah
    • Tâi-lô: la̍k-kah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lagkaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lak̚⁴⁻³² kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lak̚²⁴⁻² kaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lak̚⁴⁻³² kaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lak̚⁴⁻³² kaʔ³²/

Noun

六甲

1. the six combinations containing 甲 (the first heavenly stem) in the sexagenary cycle
2. (figuratively) pregnancy, since the days whose sexagenary names contain 甲 are when women are most likely to fall pregnant in Taoist beliefs

Derived terms

身懷六甲／身怀六甲 (shēnhuáiliùjiǎ)

See also

• 馬六甲／马六甲 (Mǎliùjiǎ)

Proper noun

六甲

1. (～區) Lioujia (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)

   • 結果顯示全區竹林面積10,2547ha、竹闊混淆林面積6,1937ha，以龍崎區、六甲區兩地之竹林分布面積最廣，長枝竹(Bambusa dolichoclada)及莿竹(B stenostachya)則為主要組成種類。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
     结果显示全区竹林面积10,2547ha、竹阔混淆林面积6,1937ha，以龙崎区、六甲区两地之竹林分布面积最广，长枝竹(Bambusa dolichoclada)及莿竹(B stenostachya)则为主要组成种类。 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2016, Ming-Jer Yeh (葉銘哲), Chih-Hsin Chung (鍾智昕), Chien-Yu Lin (林謙佑), Huan-Yu Lin (林奐宇), A Case Study of Bamboo Forest Resources and Land Management on Slopeland in Tainan 台南市山坡地竹林資源調查與土地管理之研究, Taipei Times

     Jiéguǒ xiǎnshì quán qū zhúlín miànjī 10,254 7 ha, zhú kuò hùnyáo lín miànjī 6,193 7 ha, yǐ Lóngqí Qū, Liùjiǎ Qū liǎng dì zhī zhúlín fēnbù miànjī zuì guǎng, cháng zhī zhú (Bambusa dolichoclada) jí cìzhú (B stenostachya) zé wéi zhǔyào zǔchéng zhǒnglèi. [Pinyin]

     Results showed that there are 10,254.7 ha of bamboo forests and 6,193.7 ha of mixed bamboo hardwood forests in Tainan, mainly composed of thorny bamboo (Bambusa stenostachya Hack.) and long-branch bamboo (B. dolichoclada Hayata), with Longci and Lioujia districts being distribution centers.

Descendants

• → English: Lioujia, Liujia