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"shell or carapace" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
金蝉脱壳 金蟬脫殼 jīn chán tuō qiào lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom) / fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell / a crafty escape plan syn
甲壳 甲殼 jiǎ qiào carapace / crust / outer shell / also pr. [jia3 ke2] syn
皮壳 皮殼 pí qiào carapace / hard outer shell / also pr. [pi2 ke2]
龟苓膏 龜苓膏 guī líng gāo turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert
彩蚌 cǎi bàng painted shell / painting on shell
空壳公司 空殼公司 kōng ké gōng sī shell company / shell corporation
外皮 wài pí outer skin / carapace syn
鳖裙 鱉裙 biē qún the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
外骨骼 wài gǔ gé exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
裙边 裙邊 qún biān the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
鳖边 鱉邊 biē biān (dialect) the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
部份 bù fen part (of a whole) / piece / section / share / shell (Unix)
外壳 外殼 wài ké envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case syn
贝壳 貝殼 bèi ké shell (of a mollusk) syn
炮弹 炮彈 pào dàn artillery shell / CL:枚[mei2]
盖子 蓋子 gài zi cover / lid / shell syn
交钱 交錢 jiāo qián to pay up / to shell out / to hand over the money to cover sth
带子 帶子 dài zi belt / band / ribbon / strap / girdle / (coll.) audio or video tape / Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri) / comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata) syn
外层 外層 wài céng outer layer / outer shell syn
炮击 砲擊 pào jī to shell / to bombard / bombardment syn
脱壳 脫殼 tuō ké to break out of an eggshell / to molt / to remove the husk / to shell
后盖 後蓋 hòu gài back cover / shell (of crab etc)
榴弹 榴彈 liú dàn high explosive shell / grenade
弹片 彈片 dàn piàn shrapnel / shell fragment
硬壳 硬殼 yìng ké crust / hard shell syn
龟甲 龜甲 guī jiǎ tortoise shell
龟壳 龜殼 guī ké tortoise shell
毒气弹 毒氣彈 dú qì dàn poison gas shell / poison gas grenade
蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
吓昏 嚇昏 xià hūn to faint from fear / to be frightened into fits / shell-shocked
鹦鹉螺 鸚鵡螺 yīng wǔ luó nautilus / ammonite (fossil spiral shell)
椰壳 椰殼 yē ké coconut shell
皮包公司 pí bāo gōng sī lit. briefcase company / dummy corporation / shell company / fly-by-night company
乌龟壳 烏龜殼 wū guī ké tortoise shell
照明弹 照明彈 zhào míng dàn flare / star shell
弹 彈 dàn crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball syn
介壳 介殼 jiè qiào (zoology) shell syn
贝雕 貝雕 bèi diāo shell carving
介 jiè to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor syn
壳 殼 ké (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device) syn
壳 殼 qiào (bound form) shell / Taiwan pr. [ke2] syn
剥 剝 bāo to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck syn
螺 luó spiral shell / snail / conch syn
蜕 蛻 tuì skin cast off during molting / exuvia / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell
稃 fū husk / outside shell of grain
鼈 biē soft-shell turtles (Trionychidae)
蠗 zhuó (ape) / (shell)
贝丘 貝丘 bèi qiū shell mound
鳖甲 鱉甲 biē jiǎ turtle shell
瑔 quán jade / shell
价层 價層 jià céng valency shell (chemistry)
价电子 價電子 jià diàn zǐ valency electron / outer shell of electrons
六角括号 六角括號 liù jiǎo kuò hào tortoise shell brackets 〔〕
卜甲 bǔ jiǎ oracle tortoise shell
弹痕 彈痕 dàn hén bullet hole / shell hole
形同虚设 形同虛設 xíng tóng xū shè to exist in name only / empty shell / useless (idiom) syn
斑鱉 bān biē Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species
榴霰弹 榴霰彈 liú xiàn dàn shrapnel shell / shrapnel / also pr. [liu2 san3 dan4] syn
壳儿 殼兒 ké r shell / crust
壳牌公司 殼牌公司 qiào pái gōng sī Shell (oil company)
母弹 母彈 mǔ dàn parent shell (of a cluster bomb)
玳瑁壳 玳瑁殼 dài mào ké tortoise shell
玳瑁眼镜 玳瑁眼鏡 dài mào yǎn jìng hawksbill shell-rimmed eyeglasses / CL:副[fu4]
破甲弹 破甲彈 pò jiǎ dàn armor piercing shell
螺号 螺號 luó hào conch / shell as horn for signaling
电子层 電子層 diàn zǐ céng electron shell (in the atom)
电子层数 電子層數 diàn zǐ céng shù electron shell number (chemistry)
射出火力 shè chū huǒ lì outgoing fire / outgoing shell
射入火力 shè rù huǒ lì incoming fire / incoming round / incoming shell
破片杀伤炮弹 破片殺傷炮彈 fragmentation shell
电子壳 電子殼 electron shell
壳层 殼層 hollow core / shell
假公司 jiǎ gōng sī dummy corporation / shell corporation
排除炮弹 排除炮彈 shell clearance
破片杀伤炸弹 破片殺傷炸彈 fragmentation bomb / fragmentation shell
抵制壳牌运动 抵制殼牌運動 Shell Boycott campaign
斑鳖 斑鱉 bān biē Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species
龙宫贝 龍宮貝 lóng gōng bèi Rumphius's slit shell (Entemnotrochus rumphii), found in Japan and Taiwan
蚆 bā a kind of shell
外刚内柔 外剛內柔 wài gāng nèi róu soft on the inside despite one's hard shell / appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability / also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1]
龟板 龜板 guī bǎn tortoise plastron / turtle shell
毛鸭蛋 毛鴨蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
鸭仔蛋 鴨仔蛋 yā zǐ dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
五通 wǔ tōng bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame) / (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通[wu3 shen2tong1])
江珧柱 jiāng yáo zhù (seafood) adductor muscle of a scallop or pen shell syn
借壳 借殼 jiè ké (finance) to acquire a company as a shell
卡壳 卡殼 qiǎ ké (of a bullet or shell) to jam / (fig.) to get stuck / to be held up / to reach an impasse syn
空壳 空殼 kōng ké empty shell
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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