beetle

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (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 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

methane CH4

first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]); the sixty-year cycle

(anatomy) thyroid gland

formaldehyde (HCHO)

the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)

beetle

first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

hyperthyroidism (abbr. for 甲狀腺功能亢進|甲状腺功能亢进[jia3 zhuang4 xian4 gong1 neng2 kang4 jin4])

variant of 甲胄[jia3 zhou4]

hypothyroidism (abbr. for 甲狀腺功能減退|甲状腺功能减退[jia3 zhuang4 xian4 gong1 neng2 jian3 tui4])

thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014

type A; type I; alpha-

methyl group (chemistry)

carapace; crust; outer shell; also pr. [jia3 ke2]

51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034

eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054

party A (in a contract) (cf. 乙方[yi3 fang1], party B)

type A influenza (abbr. for 甲型流感[jia3 xing2 liu2 gan3]); (in the context of the 2009 pandemic) H1N1 influenza

21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064

residence of a noble; top candidate in the imperial examinations

grade A; first-class

gentian violet

first rate; top class; excellent

hepatitis A

armor

(chemistry) methylamine

toluene C6H5CH3; methylbenzene

41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024

cresol (chemistry)

formylic acid (HCOOH); formic acid; methanoic acid

methyl alcohol; methanol CH3OH; wood alcohol; wood spirit

methyl ether CH3OCH3

armor

tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones

softshell turtle

methylene glycol

crustacean

chitin

methoxy (chemistry)

methyalamino group

paronychia (medicine)

metronidazole (antibacterial agent); Flagyl (trade name)

methamidophos (chemistry)

Volkswagen Beetle

(chemistry) formamide

oracle script; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)

First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)