1.(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)2.case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
1.(bound form) shell2.Taiwan pr. [ké]
1.(coll.) head; skull2.(fig.) brains (mental capacity)
the body (as opposed to the soul)
1.(of a bullet or shell) to jam2.(fig.) to get stuck; to be held up; to reach an impasse
1.lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell2.a crafty escape plan
husk (of rice etc); chaff
bitter orange (Fructus aurantii) (used in TCM)
case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc)
1.carapace2.hard outer shell3.also pr. [pí ké]
1.(of a bird, insect etc) to hatch2.(slang) (fig.) to be born3.to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)
1.outer ear2.auricle3.pinna
1.beetle2.the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
adductor muscle (of a bivalve mollusk)
Formosan pit viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus)
(geotectonics) crustal movement; diastrophism
(coll.) a blockhead; a thickhead
fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house
see 壳牌公司[qiào pái gōng sī]
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell