Chinese word

怀孕

Pronunciation

Pinyinhuái yùn

Meaning

  • verbbe pregnant

Example

她现在怀孕五个月了。tā xiàn zài huái yùn wǔ gè yuè le

She is five months pregnant now.

Illustration for 怀孕 (be pregnant)

More examples

上次检查后她才发现自己怀孕了。shàng cì jiǎn chá hòu tā cái fā xiàn zì jǐ huái yùn le

After her last checkup, she found out that she was pregnant.

Core concept

A developing fetus held inside the womb, with attention to both the change into pregnancy and the continuing condition.

Common phrases

  • 怀孕了huái yùn le

    be pregnant

  • 发现怀孕fā xiàn huái yùn

    discover that one is pregnant

  • 怀孕五个月huái yùn wǔ gè yuè

    be five months pregnant

Similar words

怀上huái shàng: Becoming pregnant and beginning to carry a child in the womb.
受孕shòu yùn: Becoming pregnant through the union of sperm and egg.
妊娠rèn shēn: A formal written or medical term for being pregnant while a fetus develops in the womb.
怀胎huái tāi: A somewhat old-fashioned expression for being pregnant with a child growing in the womb.

Definition in Chinese

指女性体内怀有胎儿，在子宫内发育并持续数月的状态。zhǐ nǚ xìng tǐ nèi huái yǒu tāi ér zài zi gōng nèi fā yù bìng chí xù shù yuè de zhuàng tài

Word origin

怀孕 (huáiyùn, "be pregnant") is formed from 怀 (huái, "hold") + 孕 (yùn, "be pregnant"), making the word's central image a fetus being held and nurtured within the body.

Usage tips

  • With 怀孕 (huáiyùn, "be pregnant"), a duration phrase followed by sentence-final 了 (le, "current-state marker") shows that the period reaches the present rather than that the condition has ended.

Other meanings

  • become pregnantverb

Related words

  • 怀孕率huái yùn lǜpregnancy ratenoun

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