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胎

tāi

HSK 6 Character

What 胎 means

1. fetus
2. classifier for litters (of puppies etc)
3. padding (in clothing or bedding)
4. womb carrying a fetus
5. (fig.) origin
6. source
7. loanwordtire

Example sentences

• 轮胎漏气了。
  Lúntāi lòuqì le.
  The tire leaks air.
• 汽车有四个轮胎。
  Qìchē yǒu sì gè lúntāi.
  Cars have four wheels.
• 胎盘早剥很危险。
  Tāipán zǎo bō hěn wēixiǎn.
  Early removal of the placenta is very dangerous.
• 我有个轮胎瘪了。
  I have a flat tire.
• 讨厌！轮胎爆了！
  Shit! I've got a flat.
• 你有一个死胎吗？
  Have you ever had a stillbirth?

Words starting with 胎

• 胎儿tāi érunborn child; fetus; embryo
• 胎盘tāi pánplacenta
• 胎教tāi jiàoprenatal education; antenatal training; prenatal influences
• 胎记tāi jìbirthmark
• 胎便tāi biànmeconium
• 胎动tāi dòngfetal movement
• 胎压tāi yātire pressure
• 胎座tāi zuò(botany) placenta
• 胎生tāi shēngviviparous
• 胎面tāi miànsurface of tire; tread (of tire)
• 胎体tāi tǐ(in ceramics, lacquerware etc) the base (made of clay, metal, bamboo etc) onto which a…
• 胎龄tāi línggestational age
• 胎死腹中tāi sǐ fù zhōngfetus dies in the belly; (fig.) plans or projects failed before being carried out
• 胎粪tāi fènmeconium

Words containing 胎

• 轮胎lún tāitire; pneumatic tire
• 双胞胎shuāng bāo tāitwin
• 投胎tóu tāito be reincarnated
• 脱胎换骨tuō tāi huàn gǔto shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist…
• 堕胎duò tāito induce an abortion; induced abortion
• 胚胎pēi tāiembryo
• 车胎chē tāitire
• 怪胎guài tāifreak; abnormal embryo; fetus with deformity
• 怀胎huái tāito become pregnant; to carry a child in the womb
• 打胎dǎ tāito have an abortion
• 脱胎tuō tāito be born; (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc)…
• 保胎bǎo tāito take measures to prevent miscarriage
• 备胎bèi tāispare tire; (slang) fallback guy (or girl)
• 内胎nèi tāiinner tube (of a tire)
• 受胎shòu tāito become pregnant; to conceive; impregnated
• 娘胎niáng tāiwomb
• 母胎mǔ tāimother's womb
• 滑胎huá tāidrift (car racing technique); (TCM) recurrent miscarriage; habitual abortion
• 烧胎shāo tāiburnout; peel out
• 爆胎bào tāi(of a car, bike etc) to get a flat tire
• 圣胎shèng tāiimmortal body (of born again Daoist)
• 被胎bèi tāiduvet inner; duvet insert (i.e. a duvet without its cover 被套; quilt padding; quilt wadding
• 补胎bǔ tāito repair a tire
• 鬼胎guǐ tāisinister design; ulterior motive

Characters built on 台

These share the phonetic component 台 (tái), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 苔tāiused in 舌苔
• 怠dàiidle; lazy; negligent
• 殆dài(literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
• 跆táito trample, to kick
• 邰Táisurname Tai; name of a feudal state
• 绐dàito cheat; to pretend; to deceive
• 炱táisoot

Characters that look like 胎

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 脂zhīfat; rouge (cosmetics); resin
• 抬táito lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
• 胭yānrouge
• 贻yíto present; to bequeath
• 胫jìnglower part of leg
• 驸fùprince consort

Sounds the same

Read tāi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 苔used in 舌苔
• 台used in place names