计划生育

計劃生育

jìhuàshēngyù

noun #22,915

Meanings

1 family planning
2 birth control policy

Characters

to plan / to calculate

to plan / to delineate

to give birth / life

to raise / to educate / to nurture

Examples

中国的计划生育政策实施了数十年。

Zhōngguó de jìhuà shēngyù zhèngcè shíshīle shù shí nián.

China's family planning policy was implemented for several decades.

许多国家都有不同形式的计划生育政策。

Xǔduō guójiā dōu yǒu bùtóng xíngshì de jìhuà shēngyù zhèngcè.

Many countries have family planning policies in various forms.

Tips

culture

In China, 计划生育 is most associated with the One-Child Policy (独生子女政策, 1980-2015), which restricted most urban couples to one child to curb population growth. The policy was relaxed to two children in 2015 and three in 2021, and restrictions were largely removed by 2023.

Stroke Order

计 jì

划 huà

生 shēng

育 yù