寄居蟹

jìjūxiè
noun #37,630

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hermit crab

Examples

Shātān shàng pázhe yì zhī jìjūxiè.
A hermit crab is crawling on the beach.
Jìjūxiè zhǎng dà hòu yào huàn gèng dà de ké.
Hermit crabs have to switch to a bigger shell as they grow.

Tips

memory
寄居 = "to lodge / reside as a guest" + = "crab" → the crab that lives as a guest in someone else's shell. A nicely descriptive name that matches the English "hermit crab" in spirit.

Stroke Order

xiè