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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)
介壳
jièqiào
carapace
地壳
dìqiào
the Earth's crust
枳壳
zhǐqiào
immature bitter orange (Fructus aurantii immaturus) (used in TCM)
壳牌
Qiàopái
see [[殼牌公司|壳牌公司<Qiàopáigōngsī>]]
壳质
qiàozhì
chitin
洋壳
yángqiào
oceanic crust (geology)
甲壳
jiǎqiào
carapace
皮壳
píqiào
carapace
脱壳
tuōqiào
to molt
蜕壳
tuìqiào
see [[蛻殼|蜕壳<tuìké>]]
躯壳
qūqiào
the body (housing the soul)
甲壳素
jiǎqiàosù
chitin
甲壳虫
jiǎqiàochóng
beetle
甲壳类
jiǎqiàolèi
crustacean
地壳运动
dìqiàoyùndòng
crustal movement
壳牌公司
Qiàopáigōngsī
Shell (oil company)
洋底地壳
yángdǐdìqiào
oceanic crust (geology)
甲壳动物
jiǎqiàodòngwù
crustacean
金蝉脱壳
jīnchántuōqiào
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
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