优生

優生
yōushēng
noun #60,207

Meanings

  1. 1 eugenics
  2. 2 giving birth to healthy offspring
  3. 3 prenatal care

Examples

Zhèngfǔ tuīxíng yōushēng yōuyù zhèngcè.
The government promotes policies for healthy births and quality child-rearing.
Huáiyùn qián de yōushēng jiǎnchá hěn zhòngyào.
Pre-pregnancy prenatal screening is very important.

Tips

culture
In Chinese public health discourse, 优生 usually appears in the slogan 优生优育 (healthy births, quality rearing) — a core tenet of family planning policy. The term carries less of the fraught historical baggage that 'eugenics' has in English.

Stroke Order

yōu
shēng