壳
ké
(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)
case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
这个鸡蛋的壳很硬，不容易打破。
zhè ge jī dàn de ké hěn yìng, bù róng yì dǎ pò.
The shell of this egg is very hard and not easy to crack.
螃蟹的壳掉了之后，它的身体会很软。
páng xiè de ké diào le zhī hòu, tā de shēn tǐ huì hěn ruǎn.
After a crab loses its shell, its body becomes very soft.
Words with 壳
金属外壳
jīn shǔ wài ké
metal cover
金蝉脱壳
jīn chán tuō qiào
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell
闭壳肌
bì ké jī
adductor muscle (of a bivalve mollusk)
双壳类
shuāng ké lèi
(zoology) bivalve
鸡蛋壳儿
jī dàn ké r
eggshell
驳壳枪
bó ké qiāng
Mauser pistol
鬼摸脑壳
guǐ mō nǎo ké
(idiom) muddled; momentarily confused
龟壳
guī ké
tortoise shell
龟壳花
guī ké huā
Formosan pit viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus)
介壳
jiè qiào
(zoology) shell
借壳
jiè ké
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell
卡壳
qiǎ ké
(of a bullet or shell) to jam