准生证

准生證

zhǔnshēngzhèng

noun

Measure Word

一张准生证 zhāng

Meanings

1 birth permit
2 permit to give birth (PRC family-planning document)

Characters

to permit; permit

Examples

怀孕之前要先去街道办办准生证。

Huáiyùn zhīqián yào xiān qù jiēdàobàn bàn zhǔnshēngzhèng.

Before getting pregnant, you had to first go to the neighborhood office to apply for a birth permit.

二胎政策放开后，准生证制度也简化了。

Èrtāi zhèngcè fàngkāi hòu, zhǔnshēngzhèng zhìdù yě jiǎnhuà le.

After the two-child policy was opened up, the birth-permit system was also simplified.

Tips

culture

Officially 生育服务证 (shēngyù fúwùzhèng), but everyone calls it 准生证. Issued by the local family-planning office (now 卫健委), the permit was central to the One-Child Policy era (1980–2015). Since 2016, most provinces have replaced it with a much simpler 生育登记 (birth registration), so the term is now slightly dated but still in everyday use.

Stroke Order

准 zhǔn

生 shēng

证 zhèng