| 壳 | [ ] shell, carapace, crust (earth's crust etc), also pr. [ke2] |
| 壳儿 | [ ké ] shell, crust |
| 壳幔 | [ ké màn ] crust-mantle (geology) |
| 壳牌 | [ paí ] see 殼牌公司|壳牌公司[Qiao4 pai2 gong1 si1] |
| 壳牌公司 | [ paí gōng sī ] Shell (oil company) |
| 壳质 | [ zhì ] chitin |
| 壳郎猪 | [ ké lang zhū ] (coll.) feeder pig |
| ⇒ 介壳 | [ jiè ] carapace, hard outer shell |
| ⇒ 地壳 | [ dì ] the Earth's crust |
| ⇒ 地壳运动 | [ dì yùn dòng ] crustal movement, movement of tectonic plates |
| ⇒ 外壳 | [ waì ké ] envelope, outer shell, hull, cover, case |
| ⇒ 大洋型地壳 | [ dà yáng xíng dì ] oceanic crust (geology) |
| ⇒ 安全壳 | [ ān quán ké ] containment vessel |
| ⇒ 屎壳郎 | [ shǐ ké làng ] see 屎蚵螂[shi3 ke1 lang2] |
| ⇒ 巴豆壳 | [ bā doù ké ] bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative |
| ⇒ 弹壳 | [ dàn ké ] ammunition case |
| ⇒ 枳壳 | [ zhǐ ] bitter orange (Fructus aurantii) (used in TCM) |
| ⇒ 椰壳 | [ yē ké ] coconut shell |
| ⇒ 椰壳纤维 | [ yē ké xiān weí ] coconut fiber, coir |
| ⇒ 榆木脑壳 | [ yú mù naǒ ké ] bullet-headed, stubborn |
| ⇒ 机壳 | [ jī ] case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc) |
| ⇒ 油底壳 | [ yoú dǐ ké ] oil sump |
| ⇒ 洋底地壳 | [ yáng dǐ dì ] oceanic crust (geology) |
| ⇒ 洋壳 | [ yáng ] oceanic crust (geology) |
| ⇒ 乌龟壳 | [ wū guī ké ] tortoise shell |
| ⇒ 无壳族 | [ wú ké zú ] see 無殼蝸牛|无壳蜗牛[wu2 ke2 wo1 niu2] |
| ⇒ 无壳蜗牛 | [ wú ké wō niú ] fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house |
| ⇒ 玳瑁壳 | [ daì maò ké ] tortoise shell |
| ⇒ 甲壳 | [ jiǎ ] carapace, crust, outer shell, also pr. [jia3 ke2] |
| ⇒ 甲壳动物 | [ jiǎ dòng wù ] crustacean |
| ⇒ 甲壳素 | [ jiǎ sù ] chitin |
| ⇒ 甲壳虫 | [ jiǎ chóng ] the Beatles (1960s UK pop group) |
| ⇒ 甲壳虫 | [ jiǎ chóng ] beetle |
| ⇒ 甲壳虫类 | [ jiǎ ké chóng leì ] coleoptera |
| ⇒ 甲壳类 | [ jiǎ leì ] crustacean |
| ⇒ 皮壳 | [ pí ] carapace, hard outer shell, also pr. [pi2 ke2] |
| ⇒ 硬壳 | [ yìng ké ] crust, hard shell |
| ⇒ 硬壳果 | [ yìng ké guǒ ] nut, fruit with hard shell |
| ⇒ 稻壳 | [ daò ké ] rice husk |
| ⇒ 谷壳 | [ gǔ ké ] husk of grain, grain and chaff |
| ⇒ 结壳 | [ jié ké ] crust, crusting, incrustation |
| ⇒ 耳壳 | [ ěr ké ] outer ear, auricle, pinna |
| ⇒ 脱壳 | [ tuō ké ] to break out of an eggshell, to molt, to remove the husk, to shell |
| ⇒ 脑壳 | [ naǒ ké ] skull, (fig.) brain (mental capacity) |
| ⇒ 蚌壳 | [ bàng ké ] clamshell |
| ⇒ 蛋壳 | [ dàn ké ] eggshell |
| ⇒ 蜕壳 | [ tuì ké ] to exuviate, to molt |
| ⇒ 蜕壳 | [ tuì ] see 蛻殼|蜕壳[tui4 ke2] |
| ⇒ 贝壳 | [ beì ké ] shell, conch, cowry, mother of pearl, hard outer skin, also pr. [bei4 qiao4] |
| ⇒ 贝壳儿 | [ beì ké ] erhua variant of 貝殼|贝壳[bei4 ke2] |
| ⇒ 躯壳 | [ qū ] the body (housing the soul) |
| ⇒ 金属外壳 | [ jīn shǔ waì ké ] metal cover |
| ⇒ 金蝉脱壳 | [ jīn chán tuō ] lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell, a crafty escape plan |
| ⇒ 闭壳肌 | [ bì ké jī ] adductor muscle (of a bivalve mollusk) |
| ⇒ 双壳类 | [ shuāng ké leì ] bivalve, Lamellibranchia |
| ⇒ 鸡蛋壳儿 | [ jī dàn ké ] eggshell |
| ⇒ 驳壳枪 | [ bó ké qiāng ] Mauser pistol |
| ⇒ 鬼摸脑壳 | [ guǐ mō naǒ ké ] muddled, momentarily confused |
| ⇒ 龟壳 | [ guī ké ] tortoise shell |
| ⇒ 龟壳花 | [ guī ké huā ] Formosan pit viper, Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus |
