胎
fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire
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Dict coverage rank #1,196 U+80CE
How 胎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 台 (phonetic, tái)
How to remember it
fetus · Heisig RSH #1908
part of the body + 台 platform
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 台
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 台 (tái) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 台 sound component | tái | platform; unit; term of address |
| 始 | shǐ | to begin, to start; beginning |
| 抬 | tái | to carry, to lift, to raise |
| 怡 | yí | gladness, joy, pleasure; harmony |
| 苔 | tái | moss, lichen |
| 笞 | chī | bamboo rod used for beatings |
| 贻 | yí | to hand down, to give to, to bequeath |
| 怠 | dài | idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect |
| 殆 | dài | almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger |
| 饴 | yí | syrup; sweet-meat, sweet-cake |
| 眙 | yí | to gaze at; a place name |
| 鲐 | tái | mackerel; Pneumatophorus japonicus |
| 跆 | tái | to trample, to kick |
| 炱 | tái | soot |
| 绐 | dài | to pretend, to fool, to cheat |
| 诒 | yí | to bequeath, to pass on |
| 迨 | dài | while, until; to seize, to arrest |
| 邰 | tái | a state in Shanxi province; surname |
| 骀 | tái | tired old horse; tired, exhaused |
Words containing 胎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一胎化 | yī tāi huà | practice of allowing only one child per family |
| 一胎制 | yī tāi zhì | the one-child policy |
| 母胎单身 | mǔ tāi dān shēn | never been in a romantic relationship |
| 胎死腹中 | tāi sǐ fù zhōng | fetus dies in the belly; (fig.) plans or projects failed before being carried out |
| 连体双胞胎 | lián tǐ shuāng bāo tāi | conjoined twins; Siamese twins |
| 有了胎 | yǒu le tāi | pregnant; to carry a child |
| 胎生 | tāi shēng | viviparous |
| 胎儿 | tāi ér | unborn child; fetus; embryo |
| 胎动 | tāi dòng | fetal movement |
| 胎体 | tāi tǐ | (in ceramics, lacquerware etc) the base (made of clay, metal, bamboo etc) onto which a gla… |
| 胎面 | tāi miàn | surface of tire; tread (of tire) |
| 车胎 | chē tāi | tire |
| 打胎 | dǎ tāi | to have an abortion |
| 脱胎成仙 | tuō tāi chéng xiān | reborn as immortal |
| 三胞胎 | sān bāo tāi | triplets |
| 二胎 | èr tāi | second pregnancy |
| 脱胎换骨 | tuō tāi huàn gǔ | to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn ove… |
| 胎教 | tāi jiào | prenatal education; antenatal training; prenatal influences |
| 补胎片 | bǔ tāi piàn | tire patch (for puncture repair) |
| 内胎 | nèi tāi | inner tube (of a tire) |