Chinese symbol for “embryo”
胚胎
pēi tāi
embryo
The closest CC-CEDICT match for embryo is 胚胎 (pēi tāi), defined as: embryo.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “embryo”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 胚胎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胚层 (胚層) | pēi céng | germ layer; layer of tissue in embryology |
| 胚珠 | pēi zhū | ovule |
| 胚芽 | pēi yá | bud; sprout |
| 胚乳 | pēi rǔ | (botany) endosperm |
| 胚胎学 (胚胎學) | pēi tāi xué | embryology |
| 轮胎 (輪胎) | lún tāi | tire; pneumatic tire |
| 胎儿 (胎兒) | tāi ér | unborn child; fetus |
| 堕胎 (墮胎) | duò tāi | to induce an abortion; induced abortion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “embryo”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.