Shell in Chinese (Mandarin): 贝壳 (bèiké)
贝壳
bèiké
shell
- Simplified
- 贝壳
- Traditional
- 貝殼
- Pinyin
- bèiké
- Typed as
- beike
Use it in a sentence
我在海滩上捡贝壳。
我在海灘上撿貝殼。
I pick up shells on the beach.
The characters in 贝壳
贝 / 貝
Shell. It began as a drawing of a cowrie shell, once used as money.
4 strokes
壳 / 殼
A shell, a hard covering.
7 strokes
Shells were China's first money, so many money words have 贝: 贵 (guì, expensive) and 财 (cái, wealth).
More examples with 贝壳
贝壳很漂亮。
貝殼很漂亮。
Bèiké hěn piàoliang.
The shell is pretty.
我把贝壳放在耳边听。
我把貝殼放在耳邊聽。
Wǒ bǎ bèiké fàng zài ěr biān tīng.
I hold the shell to my ear and listen.
How to write 贝壳 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
贝 4 strokes
壳 7 strokes
In Traditional characters:
貝 7 strokes
殼 12 strokes
Learn it in a lesson
At the beach teaches 贝壳 with 3 more words. Free, a few minutes, no sign-up.
Start the lesson