孕吐 (yùn tù) — morning sickness (nausea and vomiting during pregnancy)

Definition

noun
morning sickness (nausea and vomiting during pregnancy)

Examples

  • 孕吐,。
    Tā huái yùn hòu yì zhí yǒu yùn tù, chī le hěn duō kǔ.
    She has had morning sickness ever since she got pregnant and suffered a lot.
  • 孕吐,。
    Yī shēng shuō yùn tù shì zhèng cháng de shēng lǐ fǎn yìng, bú yòng tài dān xīn.
    The doctor said morning sickness is a normal physiological response, so don't worry too much.
  • 孕吐?
    Yǒu méi yǒu shén me bàn fǎ néng huǎn jiě yùn tù?
    Is there any way to relieve morning sickness?

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.

孕yùnpregnancy
吐tǔvomit

Pregnancy '孕' brings the vomiting '吐' described as morning sickness.

Characters in this word

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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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
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
土
土tǔ吐tǔ
Same sound today

吐 pairs 口, the mouth, with 土, which gives the sound.

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