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临产 (lín chǎn) — about to give birth; parturient (attributive)

Definition

Means 'about to give birth' or 'in labor' — describes a woman at the onset of childbirth, used as an attributive (临产孕妇, 临产产妇). A specialized medical/clinical term.

adjective
about to give birthparturient (attributive)

Examples

  • 临产，。
    Tā shì yí wèi lín chǎn yùn fù, xū yào mǎ shàng zhù yuàn.
    She is a pregnant woman about to give birth and needs to be hospitalized immediately.
  • 临产。
    Yī shēng zhèng zài jiǎn chá lín chǎn chǎn fù de tāi xīn.
    The doctor is checking the fetal heartbeat of the woman in labor.
  • 临产，。
    lín chǎn Qī jiān, jiā rén yīng gāi bǎo chí lěng jìng.
    During the period of impending childbirth, family members should stay calm.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

临línapproach
产chǎnbirth

临 means approaching and 产 means childbirth, so the word pictures nearing the moment of giving birth.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 臨; 临 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 臨, 人 is a person, 臣 is an eye, and 品 is objects, showing a person looking down at objects.

Open 临 →

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.

Open 产 →
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