(yùn): pregnant

(yùn) is a Chinese character meaning “pregnant.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #2058 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, a woman delivering 乃 a child 子. Its radical form (child) appears in many related characters such as (, son), (, letter), (xué, to learn).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. pregnant

Etymology & Origin

ideographicA woman delivering 乃 a child 子

Decomposition: ⿱乃子 (layout: top-bottom)

Stroke Order

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5

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
怀verbhuái yùnpregnant6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
nounbì yùn tàocondom
nounyùn fùpregnant woman
verbshòu yùnto become pregnant
nounbì yùn yàooral contraceptive
verbbì yùncontraception
verbyùn yùto be pregnant
nounshēn yùnpregnancy
adjectivebù yùninfertile
nounyùn qīpregnancy
nounbù yùn zhèngfemale infertility
gōng wài yùnectopic pregnancy
verbyùn tùmorning sickness (during pregnancy)
nounyùn jī sùprogesterone
nounrén gōng shòu yùnartificial insemination
dài lǐ yùn mǔ(Tw) surrogacy
37
Total compounds
32
As first character
38
As last character
30
As middle character

appears in 37 compound words: 32 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 30 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

怀huái
0.6075,756 co-occurrences
0.5774,497 co-occurrences
wéi
0.54631 co-occurrences
0.5342,327 co-occurrences
0.478341 co-occurrences
xiǎng
0.46064 co-occurrences
bǎo
0.45753 co-occurrences
0.45344 co-occurrences
yào
0.449731 co-occurrences
0.43126 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

réngōng shòuyùnHSK 6+

artificial insemination; artificial conception

noun

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。

yùn zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .

The character "孕" has different usages in different contexts.

99 健康网Feb 2026

期喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?红酒比白酒危害...

yùn qī hē le jiǔ duì bǎo bǎo yǒu méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng ? hóng jiǔ bǐ bái jiǔ wēi hài . . .

Does drinking alcohol during pregnancy affect the baby? Red wine is more harmful than white wine...

99 健康网Feb 2026

期喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?晚期喝酒会影...

yùn qī hē le jiǔ duì bǎo bǎo yǒu méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng ? yùn wǎn qī hē jiǔ huì yǐng . . .

Does drinking alcohol during pregnancy affect the baby? Drinking in the third trimester will take pictures...

東方日報Feb 2026

食八宝饭误吞枣核 62岁翁肚大如

shí bā bǎo fàn wù tūn zǎo hé 6 2 suì wēng dù dà rú yùn fù

Eating eight treasure rice and mistakenly swallowing jujube kernels, the 62-year-old man's belly is as big as a pregnant woman

三立新聞網Feb 2026

73岁阿公“宫内早”?中国医院报告扯

7 3 suì ā gōng gōng nèi zǎo yùn ? zhōng guó yī yuàn bào gào chě

73-year-old grandfather "intrauterine early pregnancy"? Chinese hospital report pulls

Tatoeba

她谎称自己怀了。

Tā huǎngchēng zìjǐ huáiyùn le.

She lied about being pregnant.

Tatoeba

老婆怀没了性欲我该怎么办?

Lǎopó huáiyùn méile xìngyù wǒ gāi zěnmebàn?

My wife has no libido since she got pregnant. What can I do?

Tatoeba

你们采取什么措施避

Nǐmen cǎiqǔ shénme cuòshī bìyùn?

What methods of contraception are you using?

Tatoeba

老天!我杀了一个妇!

Lǎotiān! wǒ shā le yī gè yùnfù!

Oh my god! I've killed a pregnant woman!

Tatoeba

不,谢谢,我已经怀了!

Bù, xièxie, wǒ yǐjīng huáiyùn le!

No, thank you, I am pregnant!

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced yùn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 孕 (yùn) mean in Chinese?
孕 (yùn) primarily means "pregnant." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #2058 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 孕 have?
孕 is written with 5 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 孕?
The radical associated with 孕 is 子 (child). This radical appears in many characters related to child.
What are the components of 孕?
孕 is composed of: 乃 (structural), 子 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱乃子 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 孕?
Common words with 孕 include: 怀孕 (huái yùn, "pregnant"); 避孕套 (bì yùn tào, "condom"); 孕妇 (yùn fù, "pregnant woman"); 受孕 (shòu yùn, "to become pregnant"); 避孕药 (bì yùn yào, "oral contraceptive"). There are over 37 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 孕 (yùn)?
Several characters share the pronunciation yùn: 运 (to transport, luck), 云 ((classical) to say), 允 (just), 晕 (dizzy), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 孕 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 孕 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.