贝类

貝類
bèilèi
noun #25,796

Meanings

  1. 1 shellfish
  2. 2 mollusks
  3. 3 bivalves

Examples

Tā duì bèilèi guòmǐn, bù néng chī gélí hé mǔlì.
She is allergic to shellfish and cannot eat clams or oysters.
Zhè jiā cāntīng yǐ xīnxiān bèilèi liàolǐ zhùchēng.
This restaurant is known for its fresh shellfish dishes.

Tips

memory
(shell/cowrie) + (category/type) — shellfish are literally 'the shell category.' The character originally depicted a cowrie shell and was historically used as currency in ancient China.

Stroke Order

bèi
lèi