| 颗 | [ kē ] classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc |
| 颗粒 | [ kē lì ] kernel, granule, granulated (sugar, chemical product) |
| 颗粒无收 | [ kē lì wú shoū ] not a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year) |
| 颗粒物 | [ kē lì wù ] particulate matter (PM) |
| ⇒ 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 | [ yī kē laǒ shǔ shǐ le yī guō tāng ] lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom), fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch |
| ⇒ 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 | [ yī kē laǒ shǔ shǐ le yī guō zhoū ] see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1] |
| ⇒ 分泌颗粒 | [ fēn mì kē lì ] secretory granule |
| ⇒ 细颗粒物 | [ xì kē lì wù ] fine particle (PM 2.5), fine particulate matter (air pollution etc) |
