What 双胞胎 means
- Twins
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双胞胎 in a sentence
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What does 双胞胎 mean in English?
双胞胎 is pronounced shuāngbāotāi and means Twins.
How do you pronounce 双胞胎?
双胞胎 is shuāngbāotāi in pinyin — written shuangbaotai without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 双胞胎?
双胞胎 is written with 3 characters: 双 (shuāng) Double (pair - both), 胞 (bāo) Womb (blood brother - countryman), 胎 (tāi) Fetus (embryo - pregnancy). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 双胞胎 written in traditional Chinese?
雙胞胎. The simplified form 双胞胎 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 雙胞胎 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced shuāngbāotāi.
Is 双胞胎 an HSK word?
Yes — 双胞胎 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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