壳 meaning in English

ké

(bound form) shell; Taiwan pr. [ke2]

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 殼7 strokes

Meaning of 壳

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Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

那nà个ge人rén那nà么me小xiǎo气qì，连lián谷gǔ壳ké都dōu不bù让ràng老lǎo鼠shǔ吃chī。

That person's so stingy that he won't even let the mouse have the chaff.

蛋dàn壳ké容róng易yì破pò碎suì。

The shell of an egg is easily broken.

旧jiù约yuē书shū中zhōng禁jìn止zhǐ食shí用yòng贝bèi类lèi等děng有yǒu壳ké的de水shuǐ生shēng动dòng物wù。

The Old Testament forbids eating shellfish.

地dì上shàng覆fù盖gài着zhe积jī雪xuě，冻dòng成chéng了le又yòu硬yìng又yòu厚hòu的de壳ké。

The snow lay on the ground, frozen into a thick, hard crust.

我wǒ在zài海hǎi边biān捡jiǎn了le个gè漂piào亮liàng贝bèi壳ké。

I picked up a pretty shell at the seaside.

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Words that share a character with 壳.

贝壳	bèiké	shell (of a mollusk)
外壳	wàiké	envelope; outer shell
弹壳	dànké	ammunition case
空壳	kōngké	empty shell
躯壳	qūqiào	the body (as opposed to the soul)
地壳	dìqiào	the Earth's crust
脑壳	nǎoké	(coll.) head; skull; (fig.) brains (mental capacity)

What does 壳 mean?

壳 (ké) means "(bound form) shell; Taiwan pr. [ke2]" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 壳?

壳 is made of 1 character: 壳 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 壳 an HSK word?

Yes. 壳 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 壳 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 壳 is written 殼.