胞弟

bāodì

noun #66,251

Meanings

1 younger brother (of the same parents)
2 full younger brother

Characters

placenta; born of the same mother

younger brother

Examples

他是我胞弟，我们相差三岁。

Tā shì wǒ bāodì, wǒmen xiāngchà sān suì.

He is my full younger brother — we're three years apart.

这位作家的胞弟也是一位画家。

Zhè wèi zuòjiā de bāodì yěshì yī wèi huàjiā.

This writer's full younger brother is also a painter.

他在讲话中提到了自己的胞弟。

Tā zài jiǎnghuà zhōng tí dàole zìjǐ de bāodì.

He mentioned his younger brother in his speech.

Tips

register

A formal / literary term. 胞 (womb-born) explicitly signals same-parents kinship, distinguishing 胞弟 from 堂弟 (father's-side cousin), 表弟 (mother's-side cousin), or 异母弟 (half-brother via different mother). Everyday speech just uses 弟弟.

Stroke Order

胞 bāo

弟 dì