铠甲

鎧甲
kǎijiǎ
noun #23,371

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 armor
  2. 2 suit of armor
  3. 3 battle armor

Examples

Qíshì chuānzhe hòuzhòng de kǎijiǎ shàng le zhànchǎng.
The knight donned heavy armor and went to the battlefield.
Bówùguǎn lǐ zhǎnchū le yī tào wánzhěng de gǔdài kǎijiǎ.
The museum displayed a complete set of ancient armor.

Tips

memory
(armor chest piece) + (shell / first / carapace) = protective shell. on its own can mean a hard shell (like a turtle's), so 铠甲 = the full armored shell that protects a warrior.

Stroke Order

kǎi
jiǎ