HSK 6 · Family

双胞胎 shuāngbāotāi “twins” in Chinese

Traditional 雙胞胎

What 双胞胎 means

  1. twins
  2. twin

Measure word 对 duì · 一对双胞胎 yí duì shuāngbāotāi

How to say 双胞胎

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale双shuāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale胞bāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale胎tāi1st tone, high and level

双胞胎 in a sentence

  1. 这对双胞胎长得一模一样。

    Zhè duì shuāngbāotāi zhǎng de yìmúyíyàng.

    These twins look exactly alike.

    Sentence #2029400 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她生了双胞胎女儿。

    Tā shēng le shuāngbāotāi nǚ'ér.

    She gave birth to twin girls.

    Sentence #805622 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我的孩子是双胞胎。

    Wǒ de háizi shì shuāngbāotāi.

    My children are twins.

    Sentence #6623166 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 双胞胎 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 双 (shuāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
双shuāngtwo
  • 又again · yòu
  • 又again · yòu
The character 胞 (bāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
胞bāoplacenta
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 包wrap · bāoSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 包 (bāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with bāo.

The character 胎 (tāi) with each of its parts in a different colour
胎tāifoetus
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròuMeaning part
  • 台platform · tāiSound part

⺼ hints at the meaning (meat); 台 (tāi) hints at the sound. Compare it with tāi.

How to write 双胞胎

双 4 strokes · 胞 9 strokes · 胎 9 strokes

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双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 双胞胎

Words with 双

双shuāng · two双方shuāngfāng · both sides

Words with 胞

同胞tóngbāo · compatriot细胞xìbāo · cell (biology)

Words with 胎

轮胎lúntāi · tyre

More words: People, Body & Health

人士rénshì · public figure嫂子sǎozi · sister-in-law (elder brother’s wife)生育shēngyù · to give birth绅士shēnshì · gentleman泰斗tàidǒu · leading authority天伦之乐tiānlúnzhīlè · family happiness同胞tóngbāo · compatriot团圆tuányuán · to be reunited (as a family)

FAQs

双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi) means “twins” or “twin”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shuāngbāotāi: shuāng with a 1st tone, then bāo with a 1st tone, then tāi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 双胞胎 is written 雙胞胎. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 对 (duì). For example, one twins is 一对双胞胎 (yí duì shuāngbāotāi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuangbaotai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 双胞胎 from the suggestions. Typing shuangbaotai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
双胞胎 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.