殼 (hok3) — ladle; scoop; spoon in Cantonese
hok˗₃殼简 壳
Mandarin Pinyin: qiao4
Meaning of 殼
nounladle; scoop; spoon
nounshell; hard surface/covering; skin; casing
noun(Cantonese)/weak; thin/incapable/ladle
Example Sentences with 殼
用支棍搉你頭殼
Use a stick to knock your head.
aatˉ¹壓seoi˗₃碎diˉ¹啲haaˉ¹蝦hoˊ²殼
Crush the shrimp shells.
neiˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有gaiˉ¹雞hok3.殼。
There are chicken bones here.
sikˍ₆食singˍ₆剩diˉ¹啲gaiˉ¹雞hok3.殼。
Leftover chicken bones.
diˉ¹啲gaiˉ¹雞hok˗₃殼houˊ²好wuˉ¹污zou1.糟。
The chicken bones are very dirty.
Words Containing 殼
頭殼tau4 hok3
the skull
手機殼sau2 gei1 hok3
mobile phone case
筍殼seon2 hok3
marble goby (a type of expensive food fish, lit., "bamboo shell")
軀殼keoi1 hok3
the body (the shell of the soul), the outer form
雞殼gai1 hok3
chicken carcass, chicken skeleton
空殼公司hung1 hok3 gung1 si1
shell company
剝殼mok1 hok3
to remove the shell
鴨殼aap3 hok3
duck skeleton (ate most of the meat and internal organs, the bones are leftovers for congee)
疏殼so1 hok3
colander; strainer; oil skimmer
蜆殼字hin2 hok3 zi6
adversative; antonyms
貝殼bui3 hok3
shell (of molluscs etc.)
豉汁蒸殼蠔si6 zap1 zing1 hok3 hou4
steamed fresh oysters with black bean sauce
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