壳

ké · ke/qiào · qiao

Traditional 殼 / 殻

Meaning

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ké 殼

  1. (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)
  2. case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)

qiào 殼

  1. (bound form) shell
  2. Taiwan pr. [ké]

qiào 殻

  1. variant of 殼 / 壳 (qiào)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

鸡(jī)蛋(dàn)壳(ké)可(kě)以(yǐ)放(fàng)进(jìn)花(huā)盆(pén)里(lǐ)当(dāng)肥(féi)料(liào)。

Eggshells can be put in flowerpots as fertilizer.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)机(jī)器(qì)的(de)外(wài)壳(ké)被(bèi)撞(zhuàng)坏(huài)了(le)。

The outer casing of this machine was damaged in a collision.

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