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胎
Mandarin · pinyin tāi
Meanings
- fetus
- classifier for litters (of puppies etc)
- padding (in clothing or bedding)
- womb carrying a fetus
- (fig.) origin
- source
- (loanword) tire
Characters in this entry
- 胎
- tāi · unborn child, embryo, fetus
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Mandarin tones
1 · tai1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
toi1
Cantonese word readings for 胎. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- fetus; unborn child
- source, origin
- to bring up, to rear
- pearl in shell
- roughcast
- padding
- tongue coating; fur
- to escape
- (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 鮐 /鲐
character · Etymology 2
- (pneumatic) tyre
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