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qiào
HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. shell
  2. 2. carapace
  3. 3. crust (earth's crust etc)
  4. 4. also pr. [ké]

Words Containing 壳

鬼摸脑壳
guǐ mō nǎo ké

muddled

耳壳
ěr ké

outer ear

甲壳类
jiǎ qiào lèi

crustacean

甲壳动物
jiǎ qiào dòng wù

crustacean

蜕壳
tuì qiào

see 蛻殼|蜕壳[tuì ké]

无壳族
wú ké zú

see 無殼蝸牛|无壳蜗牛[wú ké wō niú]

油底壳
yóu dǐ ké

oil sump

机壳
jī qiào

case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc)

贝壳
bèi ké

shell

乌龟壳
wū guī ké

tortoise shell

脱壳
tuō ké

to break out of an eggshell

空壳公司
kōng ké gōng sī

shell company; shell corporation

椰壳纤维
yē ké xiān wéi

coconut fiber

地壳运动
dì qiào yùn dòng

crustal movement

安全壳
ān quán ké

containment vessel

无壳蜗牛
wú ké wō niú

fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house

壳牌
qiào pái

see 殼牌公司|壳牌公司[qiào pái gōng sī]

结壳
jié ké

crust

脑壳
nǎo ké

skull

稻壳
dào ké

rice husk

龟壳花
guī ké huā

Formosan pit viper

谷壳
gǔ ké

husk of grain

硬壳果
yìng ké guǒ

nut

甲壳虫
jiǎ qiào chóng

the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)

闭壳肌
bì ké jī

adductor muscle (of a bivalve mollusk)

皮壳
pí qiào

carapace

介壳
jiè qiào

carapace

躯壳
qū qiào

the body (housing the soul)

洋壳
yáng qiào

oceanic crust (geology)

龟壳
guī ké

tortoise shell

壳牌公司
qiào pái gōng sī

Shell (oil company)

巴豆壳
bā dòu ké

bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative

金属外壳
jīn shǔ wài ké

metal cover

甲壳虫类
jiǎ ké chóng lèi

coleoptera

壳郎猪
ké lang zhū

(coll.) feeder pig

蛋壳
dàn ké

eggshell

屎壳郎
shǐ ké làng

see 屎蚵螂[shǐ kē láng]

榆木脑壳
yú mù nǎo ké

bullet-headed

椰壳
yē ké

coconut shell

地壳
dì qiào

the Earth's crust

金蝉脱壳
jīn chán tuō qiào

lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell

蜕壳
tuì ké

to exuviate

壳幔
ké màn

crust-mantle (geology)

外壳
wài ké

envelope

硬壳
yìng ké

crust

甲壳素
jiǎ qiào sù

chitin

洋底地壳
yáng dǐ dì qiào

oceanic crust (geology)

弹壳
dàn ké

ammunition case

玳瑁壳
dài mào ké

tortoise shell

甲壳
jiǎ qiào

carapace

驳壳枪
bó ké qiāng

Mauser pistol

双壳类
shuāng ké lèi

bivalve

蚌壳
bàng ké

clamshell

大洋型地壳
dà yáng xíng dì qiào

oceanic crust (geology)

壳质
qiào zhì

chitin