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壳
殼
qiào
1.
shell
2.
carapace
3.
crust (earth's crust etc)
4.
also pr. <ké>
Very Common • Top 6%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
枳壳
zhǐqiào
immature bitter orange (Fructus aurantii immaturus) (used in TCM)
皮壳
píqiào
carapace
躯壳
qūqiào
the body (housing the soul)
脱壳
tuōqiào
to molt
壳牌
Qiàopái
see [[殼牌公司|壳牌公司<Qiàopáigōngsī>]]
蜕壳
tuìqiào
see [[蛻殼|蜕壳<tuìké>]]
壳质
qiàozhì
chitin
洋壳
yángqiào
oceanic crust (geology)
地壳
dìqiào
the Earth's crust
介壳
jièqiào
carapace
甲壳
jiǎqiào
carapace
甲壳素
jiǎqiàosù
chitin
甲壳虫
jiǎqiàochóng
beetle
甲壳类
jiǎqiàolèi
crustacean
壳牌公司
Qiàopáigōngsī
Shell (oil company)
金蝉脱壳
jīnchántuōqiào
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
洋底地壳
yángdǐdìqiào
oceanic crust (geology)
地壳运动
dìqiàoyùndòng
crustal movement
甲壳动物
jiǎqiàodòngwù
crustacean
大洋型地壳
dàyángxíngdìqiào
oceanic crust (geology)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,936
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,798 of 84,292