Chinese symbol for “twin”
双胞胎
shuāng bāo tāi
Traditional: 雙胞胎
twin; 对 (duì)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for twin is 双胞胎 (shuāng bāo tāi), defined as: twin; 对 (duì).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “twin”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 双胞胎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 双方 (雙方) | shuāng fāng | bilateral; both sides |
| 双手 (雙手) | shuāng shǒu | both hands |
| 双重 (雙重) | shuāng chóng | double |
| 双眼 (雙眼) | shuāng yǎn | the two eyes |
| 双向 (雙向) | shuāng xiàng | bidirectional; two-way |
| 双边 (雙邊) | shuāng biān | bilateral |
| 细胞 (細胞) | xì bāo | cell (biology) |
| 同胞 | tóng bāo | born of the same parents; sibling |
| 轮胎 (輪胎) | lún tāi | tire; pneumatic tire |
See also: Japanese symbol for “twin”.
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.