Shell

"Shell" in cmn

介殼 /介壳

jièqiào

(entomology: exoskeleton of certain insects)

彈殼 /弹壳

dànké

(casing of an artillery projectile)

殼 /壳

(hard covering of an egg)

殼層 /壳层

kécéng

(computing: general-purpose environment)

jiǎ

(conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle)

jiǎ

(overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering armadillo's body)

甲壳

jièqiào, jièké

(entomology: exoskeleton of certain insects)

甲殼 /甲壳

jiǎké, jiǎqiào

(conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle)

甲殼 /甲壳

jiǎké, jiǎqiào

(overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering armadillo's body)

砲彈 /炮弹

pàodàn

(hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon)

蛋殼 /蛋壳

dànké, dànke

(hard covering of an egg)

貝 /贝

bèi

(hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)

貝殼 /贝壳

bèiké

(hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)

剝 /剥

bāo, bō

(to remove the outer covering or shell of something)

去殼 /去壳

qùké

(to remove the outer covering or shell of something)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.