借腹怀胎

借腹懷胎

jièfù huáitāi

phrase

Meanings

1 surrogate pregnancy
2 to carry a child for another woman; gestational surrogacy

Characters

to carry (in womb)

Examples

这对夫妻通过借腹怀胎的方式有了自己的孩子。

Zhè duì fūqī tōngguò jièfù huáitāi de fāngshì yǒule zìjǐ de háizi.

This couple had their own child through surrogate pregnancy.

中国大陆目前禁止商业性借腹怀胎。

Zhōngguó dàlù mùqián jìnzhǐ shāngyè xìng jièfù huáitāi.

Mainland China currently prohibits commercial surrogate pregnancy.

Tips

memory

Four characters read literally: 借 (to borrow) + 腹 (belly) + 怀胎 (to conceive) — 'borrow-belly conceive'. A vivid, transparent phrase; the more clinical synonym is 代孕 (dàiyùn, 'substitute pregnancy').

Stroke Order

借 jiè

腹 fù

怀 huái

胎 tāi