| 甲壳素 |
jiǎ qiào sù |
chitin |
| 甲 |
jiǎ |
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° |
| 甲壳 |
jiǎ qiào |
carapace / crust / outer shell / also pr. [jia3 ke2] |
| 壳 |
qiào |
variant of 壳 |
| 壳 |
ké |
(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case; casing; housing (of a machine or device) |
| 壳 |
qiào |
(bound form) shell / Taiwan pr. [ke2] |
| 素 |
sù |
raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever |