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).
Definitions
- pregnant
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA woman delivering 乃 a child 子
Decomposition: ⿱乃子 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 孕
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 避孕 | bì yùn | contraception |
| 孕育 | yùn yù | to be pregnant |
| 身孕 | shēn yùn | pregnancy |
| 不孕 | bù yùn | infertile |
| 孕期 | yùn qī | pregnancy |
| 不孕症 | bù yùn zhèng | female infertility |
| 孕吐 | yùn tù | morning sickness (during pregnancy) |
| 孕激素 | yùn jī sù | progesterone |
| 人工受孕 | rén gōng shòu yùn | artificial insemination |
| 代理孕母 | dài lǐ yùn mǔ | (Tw) surrogacy |
| 试管受孕 | shì guǎn shòu yùn | in vitro fertilisation |
孕 appears in 35 compound words: 34 as the first character, 34 as the last, and 31 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.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
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.
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...
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...
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
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
她谎称自己怀孕了。
Tā huǎngchēng zìjǐ huáiyùn le.
She lied about being pregnant.
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?
你们采取什么措施避孕？
Nǐmen cǎiqǔ shénme cuòshī bìyùn?
What methods of contraception are you using?
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!
不，谢谢，我已经怀孕了！
Bù, xièxie, wǒ yǐjīng huáiyùn le!
No, thank you, I am pregnant!
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