Chinese symbol for “incubate”
孵蛋
fū dàn
to incubate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for incubate is 孵蛋 (fū dàn), defined as: to incubate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “incubate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孵育 | fū yù | to incubate; to rear (chicks) |
| 孵化 | fū huà | breeding; to incubate |
| 抱窝 (抱窩) | bào wō | (coll.) to incubate; to brood |
| 孵 | fū | breeding; to incubate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 孵蛋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孵化 | fū huà | breeding; to incubate |
| 孵化器 | fū huà qì | incubator (for eggs or startup businesses) |
| 孵化期 | fū huà qī | incubation period; time for sth to develop |
| 孵卵 | fū luǎn | to hatch; to brood |
| 孵育 | fū yù | to incubate; to rear (chicks) |
| 蛋糕 | dàn gāo | cake; 块 (kuài),个 (gè) |
| 鸡蛋 (雞蛋) | jī dàn | (chicken) egg; hen's egg |
| 笨蛋 | bèn dàn | (mild insult) fool; idiot; (playful) silly person |
See also: Japanese symbol for “incubate”.
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.