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颗

kē

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 5

Definitions

1. classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

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我掉了颗牙。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 736536)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

fine particle (PM 2.5)

particulate matter (PM)

lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)

see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu]

not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)

kernel

secretory granule