蛋壳

蛋殼

dànké

noun #29,272

Meanings

HSK 7-9

她把蛋壳敲碎，把蛋液倒进碗里。

Tā bǎ dànké qiāo suì, bǎ dànyè dào jìn wǎn lǐ.

She cracked the eggshell and poured the egg into the bowl.

HSK 7-9

蛋壳很薄，一不小心就会碎。

Dànké hěn báo, yībùxiǎoxīn jiù huì suì.

The eggshell is very thin - it breaks easily if you're not careful.

memory

蛋 (egg) + 壳 (shell/husk). The character 壳 appears in many 'shell' or 'hard outer layer' words: 贝壳 (seashell), 壳体 (casing/hull).

蛋 dàn

壳 ké