投胎

tóutāi

verb #18,498

Meanings

1 to be reincarnated
2 to be reborn

Characters

to throw; to enter

Examples

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

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 means 'good at picking where to be born' - said about people born into wealthy or privileged families.

Stroke Order

投 tóu

胎 tāi