贝壳 meaning in English

bèiké

shell (of a mollusk)

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 貝殼11 strokes

Meaning of 贝壳

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bèiké

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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.

我wǒ在zài海hǎi滩tān上shàng发fā现xiàn了le一yí个gè漂piào亮liàng的de贝bèi壳ké。

I found a beautiful shell on the shore.

她tā在zài海hǎi边biān卖mài贝bèi壳ké。

She sells seashells by the seashore.

在zài我wǒ手shǒu里lǐ的de是shì一yí个gè贝bèi壳ké化huà石shí。

What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.

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Words that share a character with 贝壳.

宝贝	bǎobèi	treasured object; treasure
宝贝儿	bǎobèir	erhua variant of 寶貝\|宝贝[bao3 bei4]
贝克	Bèikè	becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 貝克勒爾\|贝克勒尔[bei4 ke4 le4 er3])
贝斯	Bèisī	(loanword) bass (esp. bass guitar)
拷贝	kǎobèi	copy; to copy (loanword)
外壳	wàiké	envelope; outer shell
弹壳	dànké	ammunition case
贝塔	bèitǎ	beta (Greek letter Β, β)
空壳	kōngké	empty shell
躯壳	qūqiào	the body (as opposed to the soul)
地壳	dìqiào	the Earth's crust
扇贝	shànbèi	scallop (genus Pecten)

What does 贝壳 mean?

贝壳 (bèiké) means "shell (of a mollusk)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 贝壳?

贝壳 is made of 2 characters: 贝 (4 strokes), 壳 (7 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 贝壳 an HSK word?

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

How is 贝壳 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 贝壳 is written 貝殼.