头胎

頭胎
tóutāi
noun #38,959

Meanings

  1. 1 first pregnancy
  2. 2 first-born child

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè shì tā de tóutāi, quánjiā rén dōu yǒudiǎn jǐnzhāng.
This is her first pregnancy, and the whole family is a little nervous.
HSK 7-9
Tā tóutāi shēng le ge nǚ'ér, èrtāi shēng le ge érzi.
Her first child was a daughter and her second a son.

Tips

usage
头 here means 'first', and later births count on from it: 二胎, 三胎. The word covers both the first pregnancy and the child it brings; the first-born is also called 老大.

Stroke Order

头 tóu
胎 tāi