预产期 (yù chǎn jī) — due date (expected date of childbirth) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

due date (expected date of childbirth)

Examples

预产期。
Tā de yù chǎn jī shì xià ge yuè.
Her due date is next month.
预产期。
Yī shēng gào sù wǒ bǎo bao de yù chǎn jī zài qiū tiān.
The doctor told me the baby's due date is in autumn.
预产期，。
Tā kuài yào dào yù chǎn jī le, suǒ yǐ zhǔn bèi qù yī yuàn.
She is close to her due date, so she is preparing to go to the hospital.

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.

预yùin advance

产期birth period

产chǎnbirth期qīperiod

偏正Modifier + head

In advance, birth, and period combine to mean the expected date of childbirth.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 預; 预 is its simplified writing.

予頁預

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

予

予yǔ預yù

Same sound today

The traditional form 預 combines 予 for the sound and 頁 for the meaning; the simplified 预 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

生生shēngto be born

Sound part声符shēngfú

彥

彥yàn產chǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

其

其qí期qī

Same sound today

The original form paired 其 for its sound with 日 (sun). A related form changed that sun to 月, and this later developed into 期.

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