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胞

bāo

HSK 6 Character

What 胞 means

1. placenta
2. womb
3. born of the same parents

Example sentences

• 我们是同胞。
  Wǒmen shì tóngbāo.
  We're fellow countrymen.
• 玛丽怀了双胞胎。
  Mary is pregnant with twins.
• 她生了双胞胎女儿。
  She gave birth to twin girls.
• 我的孩子是双胞胎。
  My children are twins.
• 他不愿意为同胞作证。
  Tā bù yuànyì wèi tóngbāo zuòzhèng.
  He is not willing to testify for his compatriot.
• 这对双胞胎没法区分。
  The twins are indistinguishable from each other.

Words starting with 胞

• 胞兄bāo xiōngelder brother born to the same parents
• 胞妹bāo mèiyounger sister born to the same parents
• 胞姐bāo jiěelder sister born to the same parents
• 胞宫bāo gōnguterus; womb
• 胞弟bāo dìyounger brother born to the same parents
• 胞波bāo bōbrethren on the other side of the border…
• 胞衣bāo yīafterbirth
• 胞浆bāo jiāngcytoplasm
• 胞藻bāo zǎoalgae
• 胞嘧啶bāo mì dìngcytosine nucleotide (C, pairs with guanine G 鸟嘌呤 in DNA and RNA)
• 胞子bāo zǐvariant of 孢子

Words containing 胞

• 同胞tóng bāoborn of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen
• 细胞xì bāocell (biology)
• 双胞胎shuāng bāo tāitwin
• 干细胞gàn xì bāostem cell
• 脑细胞nǎo xì bāobrain cell
• 癌细胞ái xì bāocancer cell
• 侨胞qiáo bāocountryman living abroad
• 台胞Tái bāoTaiwan compatriot
• 白细胞bái xì bāowhite blood cell; leukocyte
• 刺胞cì bāocnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa
• 山胞shān bāo(dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples; Taiwanese aborigine; abbr. for 山地同胞
• 液胞yè bāo(Taiwan) vacuole
• 管胞guǎn bāotracheid (botany)
• 刺丝胞cì sī bāocnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa or anemone
• 台胞证Tái bāo zhèngMainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents; Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit…
• 单细胞dān xì bāo(of an organism) single-celled; unicellular
• 多细胞duō xì bāomulticellular
• 多胞形duō bāo xíngpolytope
• 女同胞nǚ tóng bāowoman; female; female compatriot
• 子细胞zǐ xì bāodaughter cell
• 性细胞xìng xì bāosexual cell; germline cell; gamete
• 母细胞mǔ xì bāo(biology) mother cell; matricyte
• 男同胞nán tóng bāoman; male; male compatriot
• 红细胞hóng xì bāoerythrocyte; red blood cell

Characters built on 包

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

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 鲍bàoabalone
• 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
• 袍páogown (lined)
• 疱pàopimple; acne; blister

Characters that look like 胞

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

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 拖tuōto drag; to tow; to trail
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 艳yànbright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic…
• 胱guāngused in 膀胱
• 孢bāospore

Sounds the same

Read bāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 包to cover; to wrap; to hold
• 煲deep cooking pot; to cook slowly in such a pot
• 剥to peel; to skin; to shell
• 褒to praise; to commend; to honor
• 炮to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
• 苞bud; flower calyx; luxuriant
• 孢spore
• 龅(of a bucktooth) to protrude; to stick out
• 蕔a kind of grass (old)
• 勹old variant of 包
• 闁old variant of 褒; to praise