胎 tāi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 台 platform
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
胎儿
tāi'ér
foetus
Characters in this word
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 医学影像显示，胎儿的心脏发育基本正常。 Yīxué yǐngxiàng xiǎnshì, tāi'ér de xīnzàng fāyù jīběn zhèngcháng. Medical imaging shows that the foetus's heart is developing basically normally.
- 孕妇定期做检查，可以看见胎儿的活动。 Yùnfù dìngqī zuò jiǎnchá, kěyǐ kànjiàn tāi'ér de huódòng. A pregnant woman who has regular check-ups can see the foetus moving.
- 母亲的身体状况直接影响胎儿的健康。 Mǔqīn de shēntǐ zhuàngkuàng zhíjiē yǐngxiǎng tāi'ér de jiànkāng. The mother's physical condition directly affects the health of the foetus.
Related words
- 轮胎 lúntāi tyre; tire
- 胚胎 pēitāi embryo; germ; rudimentary stage
- 双胞胎 shuāngbāotāi twins
- 胎 tāi foetus; birth; measure word for pregnancies or births
- 儿子 érzi son
- 好玩儿 hǎowánr fun, interesting
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 面条儿 miàntiáor noodles
- 哪儿 nǎr where
- 那儿 nàr there
- 男孩儿 nánháir boy
- 女儿 nǚ'ér daughter