Chinese symbol for “fertility”
生育能力
shēng yù néng lì
fertility; ability to have children
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fertility is 生育能力 (shēng yù néng lì), defined as: fertility; ability to have children.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fertility”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肥力 | féi lì | fertility (of soil) |
| 生殖力 | shēng zhí lì | fertility |
| 生育 | shēng yù | to give birth to; to bear; fertility |
| 地力 | dì lì | fertility; productivity (of soil or land) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 生育能力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 生产 (生產) | shēng chǎn | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child |
| 产生 (產生) | chǎn shēng | to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 教育 | jiào yù | to educate; to teach |
| 体育 (體育) | tǐ yù | sports; physical education |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fertility”.
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