双胞胎 meaning in English

shuāngbāotāi

twin

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 雙胞胎22 strokes

Meaning of 双胞胎

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shuāngbāotāi
  1. twin

Measure word: 對|对

双胞胎 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ的de孩hái子zi是shì双shuāng胞bāo胎tāi。
My children are twins.
她tā生shēng了le双shuāng胞bāo胎tāi女nǚ儿ér。
She gave birth to twin girls.
他tā的de妻qī子zǐ生shēng下xià了le一yī对duì双shuāng胞bāo胎tāi男nán孩hái。
His wife gave birth to twin boys.
你nǐ可kě以yǐ分fēn出chū那nà对duì双shuāng胞bāo胎tāi中zhōng谁shuí是shì谁shuí吗ma?
Can you tell those twins apart?
Tom有yǒu个gè双shuāng胞bāo胎tāi兄xiōng弟dì。
Tom has a twin brother.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

双 shuāng · two · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
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胞 bāo · womb · 9 strokes

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胎 tāi · fetus · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 双胞胎.

双方shuāngfāngbilateral; both sides
双手shuāng shǒuboth hands
细胞xìbāocell (biology)
同胞tóngbāoborn of the same parents; sibling
双打shuāngdǎdoubles (in sports)
轮胎lúntāitire; pneumatic tire
双重shuāngchóngdouble
胎儿tāi'érunborn child; fetus
双赢shuāngyíngprofitable to both sides; a win-win situation
胚胎pēitāiembryo
双向shuāngxiàngbidirectional; two-way
双边shuāngbiānbilateral

Questions about 双胞胎

What does 双胞胎 mean?

双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi) means "twin" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 双胞胎?

双胞胎 is made of 3 characters: 双 (4 strokes), 胞 (9 strokes), 胎 (9 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 双胞胎 an HSK word?

Yes. 双胞胎 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 双胞胎 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 双胞胎 is written 雙胞胎.