Chinese symbol for “gestation”
怀孕
huái yùn
Traditional: 懷孕
pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for gestation is 怀孕 (huái yùn), defined as: pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “gestation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孕期 | yùn qī | pregnancy; gestation |
| 妊娠 | rèn shēn | pregnancy; gestation |
| 怀妊 (懷妊) | huái rèn | gestation; pregnancy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怀孕.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怀疑 (懷疑) | huái yí | to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that |
| 关怀 (關懷) | guān huái | care; solicitude |
| 怀念 (懷念) | huái niàn | to cherish the memory of; to think of |
| 怀抱 (懷抱) | huái bào | to hug; to cherish |
| 情怀 (情懷) | qíng huái | feelings; mood |
| 孕妇 (孕婦) | yùn fù | pregnant woman |
| 孕育 | yùn yù | to be pregnant; to produce offspring |
| 避孕 | bì yùn | contraception |
See also: Japanese symbol for “gestation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.