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不孕 (bù yùn) — to be infertile; to suffer from infertility (of a woman)

Definition

不孕 refers to a medical condition, typically of a woman: the inability to conceive or bear children. It is more clinical than colloquial terms for childlessness.

verb
to be infertileto suffer from infertility (of a woman)

Examples

  • 不孕，。
    Tā jié hūn duō nián yì zhí bù yùn, hòu lái qù yī yuàn jiǎn chá.
    She has been infertile for many years after marriage, and later went to the hospital for examination.
  • 不孕。
    Xiàn dài yī xué kě yǐ bāng zhù hěn duō bù yùn de fū fù.
    Modern medicine can help many infertile couples.
  • 不孕，。
    bù yùn De yuán yīn yǒu hěn duō, bāo kuò shēng lǐ hé xīn lǐ yīn sù.
    There are many causes of infertility, including physiological and psychological factors.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

不bùnot
孕yùnconceive

不 means not and 孕 means conceive, so the word describes not conceiving.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The picture in 不 originally showed a flower’s calyx; the “no” sense came later from a related character, not from this picture.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

孕 is drawn as a pregnant woman with a fetus.

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