孕 (yùn): pregnant

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

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

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. pregnant

Etymology & Origin

孕

ideographicA woman delivering 乃 a child 子

Decomposition: ⿱乃子 (layout: top-bottom)

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 孕

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
怀孕verbhuái yùnpregnant6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
避孕套nounbì yùn tàocondom
孕妇nounyùn fùpregnant woman
受孕verbshòu yùnto become pregnant
避孕药nounbì yùn yàooral contraceptive
避孕verbbì yùncontraception
孕育verbyùn yùto be pregnant
身孕nounshēn yùnpregnancy
不孕adjectivebù yùninfertile
孕期nounyùn qīpregnancy
不孕症nounbù yùn zhèngfemale infertility
宫外孕gōng wài yùnectopic pregnancy
孕吐verbyùn tùmorning sickness (during pregnancy)
孕激素nounyùn jī sùprogesterone
人工受孕nounrén gōng shòu yùnartificial insemination
代理孕母dài lǐ yùn mǔ(Tw) surrogacy
37
Total compounds
32
As first character
38
As last character
30
As middle character

孕 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 孕 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

怀huái
0.6065,757 co-occurrences
避bì
0.5754,498 co-occurrences
喂wèi
0.54531 co-occurrences
妇fù
0.5342,327 co-occurrences
哺bǔ
0.477341 co-occurrences
宝bǎo
0.45453 co-occurrences
响xiǎng
0.45264 co-occurrences
喝hē
0.45144 co-occurrences
药yào
0.449732 co-occurrences
育yù
0.4293,510 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

人工受孕réngōng shòuyùnHSK 6+

artificial insemination; artificial conception

noun

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

孕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

孕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

孕期喝了酒对宝宝有没有影响?孕晚期喝酒会影...

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岁翁肚大如孕妇

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“宫内早孕”?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

她谎称自己怀孕了。

Tā huǎngchēng zìjǐ huáiyùn le.

She lied about being pregnant.

Tatoeba

老婆怀孕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孕?

Nǐmen cǎiqǔ shénme cuòshī bìyùn?

What methods of contraception are you using?

Tatoeba

老天!我杀了一个孕妇!

Lǎotiān! wǒ shā le yī gè yùnfù!

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

Tatoeba

不,谢谢,我已经怀孕了!

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 6 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.