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孕期 (yùn qī) — pregnancy period, gestation period

Definition

noun
pregnancy periodgestation period

Examples

  • 孕期。
    Tā zài yùn qī xū yào zhù yì yǐn shí.
    She needs to pay attention to her diet during pregnancy.
  • 孕期。
    yùn qī Yì bān chí xù sì shí zhōu zuǒ yòu.
    Pregnancy generally lasts about forty weeks.
  • 孕期。
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā dìng qī zuò yùn qī jiǎn chá.
    The doctor recommends she have regular pregnancy check-ups.

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
期qīperiod

孕 pregnancy and 期 period combine to mean the period of pregnancy.

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
日日rì
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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