Hanzi
Traditional
胎
Simplified
胎

fetus/classifier for litters (of puppies etc)/padding (in clothing or bedding)/womb carrying a fetus/(fig.) origin/source/(loanword) tire

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 7

Pinyin

tāi

Bopomofo

ㄊㄞ

Jyutping

toi1

Example sentences

胎 tāi
她懷了頭胎，全家人都很開心。
她怀了头胎，全家人都很开心。

She is pregnant with her first child, and the whole family is very happy.

雙胞胎 / 双胞胎 shuāngbāotāi
那對雙胞胎長得一模一樣。
那对双胞胎长得一模一样。

Those twins look exactly the same.

相差 xiāngchā
這對雙胞胎的個性相差很大。
这对双胞胎的个性相差很大。

These twins' personalities are very different.

Example Vocabulary

爆胎

bao4'tai1

胎

tai1

fetus; birth; tire

雙胞胎

shuang1'bao1'tai1

twins

備胎

bei4'tai1

墮胎

duo4'tai1

怪胎

guai4'tai1

懷胎

huai2'tai1

投胎

tou2'tai1

二胎

娘胎

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