三胎

sāntāi

noun

Meanings

1 third child
2 the third-child policy (informal shorthand)

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Examples

国家现在鼓励生三胎。

Guójiā xiànzài gǔlì shēng sāntāi.

The state now encourages having a third child.

他们已经有两个孩子，不打算再要三胎。

Tāmen yǐjīng yǒu liǎng ge háizi, bù dǎsuàn zài yào sāntāi.

They already have two kids and don't plan on having a third.

三胎政策出台后，房价和教育成本还是让人不敢生。

Sāntāi zhèngcè chūtái hòu, fángjià hé jiàoyù chéngběn háishì ràng rén bù gǎn shēng.

Even after the three-child policy came out, housing and education costs still deter people from having more kids.

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history

China's one-child policy (1980) became a two-child policy in 2016 and a 三胎 (three-child) policy in May 2021, responding to a rapidly aging population and collapsing birth rate. The policy shift has so far not reversed the demographic decline.

usage

胎 literally 'pregnancy / fetus'; also used in 头胎 (first child), 二胎 (second child), 双胎 (twins).

Stroke Order

三 sān

胎 tāi