怀胎 (懷胎)
huái tāi
Pinyin

Definition

怀胎 (懷胎)
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huái tāi
  1. to become pregnant
  2. to carry a child in the womb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

投胎
tóu tāi
  1. 1 to be reincarnated
爆胎
bào tāi
  1. 1 flat tire
  2. 2 burst tire
  3. 3 blowout
胎
tāi
  1. 1 fetus
  2. 2 litter
  3. 3 tire
  4. 4 abbr. of 輪胎|轮胎
轮胎
lún tāi
  1. 1 tire
  2. 2 pneumatic tire
双胞胎
shuāng bāo tāi
  1. 1 twin
  2. 2 classifier: 对 duì

Idioms (3)

肉眼凡胎
ròu yǎn fán tāi
  1. 1 ignoramus (idiom)
脱胎换骨
tuō tāi huàn gǔ
  1. 1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
  3. 3 fig. to change wholly
  4. 4 to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
脱骨换胎
tuō gǔ huàn tāi
  1. 1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
  3. 3 fig. to change wholly

Sample Sentences

万一要是她将来不肯把孩子给你呢？怀胎十月是会有感情的，那你在法律上是没有保障的，况且代孕费用不低，总不能白白浪费了吧？
wànyī yàoshì tā jiānglái bù kěn bǎ háizi gěi nǐ ne ？huáitāi shíyuè shì huì yǒu gǎnqíng de ，nà nǐ zài fǎlǜ shàng shì méiyǒu bǎozhàng de ，kuàngqiě dàiyùn fèiyòng bù dī ，zǒng bùnéng báibái làngfèi le ba ？
What if she doesn't agree to give you the child? Carrying a child for 10 months makes people start to feel attached to it and you'd have no legal standing. Furthermore, paying for a surrogate is costly, you can't let the money go to waste, yeah?
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其实从伦理上来说，也不是大问题。毕竟也是女方十月怀胎生下来的孩子。不过中国人非常重视血缘关系，接受起来是有点困难。
qíshí cóng lúnlǐ shàng láishuō ，yě bù shì dàwèntí 。bìjìng yě shì nǚfāng shíyuèhuáitāi shēngxiàlai de háizi 。bùguò Zhōngguórén fēicháng zhòngshì xuèyuán guānxì ，jiēshòu qǐlái shì yǒudiǎnr kùnnan 。
Ethically it's not that big of a problem. After all, the woman is still giving birth to the child. However, Chinese people attach particular importance to blood ties, making dealing with it very difficult.
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就你功劳大！你怎么不十月怀胎，生个孩子试试看！
jiù nǐ gōngláo dà ！nǐ zěnme bù shíyuèhuáitāi ，shēng ge háizi shìshi kàn ！
You're not the only one contributing. Why don't you go ahead and try having a baby and see what that's like!
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