Chinese symbol for “placenta”
胞
bāo
placenta; womb; born of the same parents
The closest CC-CEDICT match for placenta is 胞 (bāo), defined as: placenta; womb; born of the same parents.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “placenta”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “placenta”.
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.