# 贝壳 (bèiké)

In Mandarin Chinese, 贝壳 (bèiké) means “shell (of a mollusk)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: shell (of a mollusk)
- Pinyin: bèiké (bei4 ke2)
- Traditional: 貝殼
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 孩子们在沙滩上捡了许多漂亮的贝壳。
  Háizimen zài shātān shàng jiǎn le xǔduō piàoliang de bèiké.
  The children picked up many pretty shells on the beach.

## Characters

- 贝 (bèi): cowrie; shellfish
- [壳](https://hanziro.com/word/ke-shell/) (ké): shell; case

https://hanziro.com/word/bei-ke-shell/

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