投胎

tóutāi

verb #18,498

Meanings

1 to be reincarnated
2 to be reborn

Characters

to throw; to enter

Examples

佛教认为人死后会投胎转世。

Fójiào rènwéi rén sǐhòu huì tóutāi zhuǎnshì.

Buddhism holds that people are reincarnated after death.

他开玩笑说下辈子要投胎当猫。

Tā kāiwánxiào shuō xiàbèizi yào tóutāi dāng māo.

He joked that in his next life he wants to be reborn as a cat.

Tips

culture

投胎 comes from Buddhist cosmology. In slang, 投胎技术好 (tóutāi jìshù hǎo) means 'good at picking where to be born' — said about people born into wealthy or privileged families.

Stroke Order

投 tóu

胎 tāi