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Chinese symbol for “triplets”

三胞胎
sān bāo tāi
triplets

The closest CC-CEDICT match for triplets is 三胞胎 (sān bāo tāi), defined as: triplets.

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Characters and stroke order

三 sān
three
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
胞 bāo
womb, placenta, fetal membrane
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes
胎 tāi
embryo, fetus; car tire
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 三胞胎.

WordPinyinMeaning
三星sān xīngthree major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion
三次sān cìthird; three times
三级 (三級)sān jígrade 3; third class
十三shí sānthirteen; 13
三分sān fēnsomewhat; to some degree
第三方dì sān fāngthird party
细胞 (細胞)xì bāocell (biology)
同胞tóng bāoborn of the same parents; sibling
轮胎 (輪胎)lún tāitire; pneumatic tire

See also: Japanese symbol for “triplets”.

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.