胞 — Chinese character
胞
bāo
womb, placenta, fetal membrane
- Pinyin
- bāo
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 包
- Formation
- pictophonetic — flesh; meaning component ⺼; sound component 包
- Japanese
- 胞 as a kanji
Common words with 胞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 细胞 (細胞) | xì bāo | cell (biology) |
| 同胞 | tóng bāo | born of the same parents; sibling |
| 双胞胎 (雙胞胎) | shuāng bāo tāi | twin; 对 (duì) |
| 干细胞 (幹細胞) | gàn xì bāo | stem cell |
| 癌细胞 (癌細胞) | ái xì bāo | cancer cell |
| 侨胞 (僑胞) | qiáo bāo | countryman living abroad |
| 胞弟 | bāo dì | younger brother born to the same parents |
| 白细胞 (白細胞) | bái xì bāo | white blood cell; leukocyte |
| 脑细胞 (腦細胞) | nǎo xì bāo | brain cell |
| 单细胞 (單細胞) | dān xì bāo | (of an organism) single-celled; unicellular |
| 红细胞 (紅細胞) | hóng xì bāo | erythrocyte; red blood cell |
| 细胞膜 (細胞膜) | xì bāo mó | cell membrane |
English words written with 胞
- cell
- twin
- sibling
- placenta
- triplets
- compatriot
- cytoplasm
- cytochrome
- cytokine
- lymphocyte
- multicellular
- macrophage
胞 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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