HSK 6 · Verbs

孕育 yùnyù “to nurture” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 孕育 means

  1. to nurture
  2. to breed
  3. to be pregnant with
  4. to be pregnant
  5. to produce offspring
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc)
  • fig. replete with (culture etc)

How to say 孕育

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale孕yùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale育yù4th tone, falling

孕育 in a sentence

  1. 这片土地孕育了很多诗人。

    Zhè piàn tǔdì yùnyù le hěn duō shīrén.

    This land has given rise to many poets.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 长江孕育了古老的文明。

    Cháng Jiāng yùnyù le gǔlǎo de wénmíng.

    The Yangtze nurtured an ancient civilisation.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 孕育 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 孕 (yùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
孕yùnpregnant
  • 乃then · nǎi
  • 子child · zǐ
The character 育 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
育yùto have children
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 厶private · sī
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu

Memory aidThe top is usually explained as a newborn child upside down, and below is the body ⺼: to give birth, to raise.

How to write 孕育

孕 5 strokes · 育 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

孕育 (yùnyù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 孕育 (yùnyù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 孕育

Words with 孕

怀孕huáiyùn · to be pregnant

Words with 育

体育tǐyù · physical training体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium教育jiàoyù · to educate生育shēngyù · to give birth发育fāyù · to develop培育péiyù · to cultivate

More words: Common Verbs

依托yītuō · to rely on涌现yǒngxiàn · to emerge拥有yōngyǒu · to have约束yuēshù · to restrain砸zá · to smash宰zǎi · to slaughter栽培zāipéi · to cultivate遭受zāoshòu · to suffer

FAQs

孕育 (yùnyù) means “to nurture” or “to breed”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yùnyù: yùn with a 4th tone, then yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 孕育 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yunyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 孕育 from the suggestions. Typing yunyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
孕育 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.