受孕 (shòu yùn) — to become pregnant | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Formal/medical term for 'to conceive / become pregnant.' More clinical and written than the everyday 怀孕; often used in health and biology contexts.

verb

to become pregnant

Examples

受孕。
Tā zuò shì guǎn yīng ér hòu zhōng yú shòu yùn le.
She finally became pregnant after IVF.
，。
Tā qù nián shòu le yí cì yùn, dàn méi néng bǎo zhù.
She got pregnant once last year but couldn't keep it.
受孕。
Hěn duō nǚ xìng zài sān shí suì hòu gèng nán yǐ shòu yùn.
Many women find it harder to become pregnant after age thirty.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

受shòureceive

孕yùnpregnancy

受 means receive and 孕 means pregnancy, so together they mean to receive pregnancy, i.e. become pregnant.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

爪爪zhuǎhand
舟舟zhōuboat
又又yòuhand

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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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