甲 壳 虫 类

jiǎ ké chóng lèidictionary entry

insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

甲殼蟲類甲壳虫类 [jia3 ke2 chong2 lei4] /insects of the order Coleoptera (i.e. beetles)/

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Other forms in these source records: 甲殼蟲類

甲
jiǎ
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān] / (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[bǎo jiǎ] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
壳
qiào
(bound form) shell / Taiwan pr. [ké]
ké
(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc) / case / casing / housing (of a machine or device)
虫
chóng
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiáo],隻|只[zhī] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
类
lèi
kind / type / class / category / (classifier) kind / type / (bound form) to resemble / to be similar to

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