龟壳

龜殼

guīké

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

乌龟遇到危险，就会缩进龟壳里。

Wūguī yùdào wēixiǎn, jiù huì suōjìn guīké lǐ.

When a turtle is in danger, it pulls back into its shell.

HSK 7-9

商朝人用龟壳占卜，并把结果刻在上面，这就是甲骨文的来源之一。

Shāngcháo rén yòng guīké zhānbǔ, bìng bǎ jiéguǒ kè zài shàngmiàn, zhè jiùshì jiǎgǔwén de láiyuán zhīyī.

People of the Shang dynasty divined with turtle shells and carved the results on them, and this is one of the origins of oracle bone script.

mistakes

壳 is read ké in everyday words like 龟壳 and 鸡蛋壳 'eggshell'. The literary reading qiào appears in 地壳 'the earth's crust'.

龟 guī

壳 ké