六甲

liùjiǎ
  1. (figurative) pregnancy, since the days whose sexagenary names contain 甲 are when women are most likely to fall pregnant in Taoist beliefs
  2. (～區) Lioujia (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)
  3. Lioujia (a district of Tainan, Taiwan)
  4. pregnancy, since the days whose sexagenary names contain 甲 are when women are most likely to fall pregnant in Taoist beliefs
  5. the six combinations containing 甲 (the first heavenly stem) in the sexagenary cycle

Wiktionary

Homographs

六甲 Liùjiǎ (place name)

Entry Composition

=1 六 liù
  1. six
  2. 6
=1 六 lù used in place names
2 甲 jiǎ
  1. first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 shítiāngān
  2. (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  3. first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
  4. letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  5. armor plating
  6. shell or carapace
  7. (of the fingers or toes) nail
  8. bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  9. ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  10. civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 bǎojiǎ system (old)
  11. ancient Chinese compass point: 75°

Containing this entry

身怀六甲 shēnhuáiliùjiǎ to be pregnant (idiom)
马六甲 Mǎliùjiǎ Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
麻六甲 Málùjiǎ