早孕 (zǎoyùn): early pregnancy

Meanings

1 early pregnancy
2 early stage of pregnancy
3 teenage pregnancy

Characters

早

Examples

她用早孕试纸测出了两道杠。

Tā yòng zǎoyùn shìzhǐ cè chū le liǎng dào gàng.

She got two lines on the early-pregnancy test strip.

早孕反应让她很难受。

Zǎoyùn fǎnyìng ràng tā hěn nánshòu.

Morning sickness from early pregnancy is making her miserable.

Tips

usage

Two common senses: (1) first trimester, typical of medical contexts (早孕试纸 home test, 早孕反应 morning sickness); (2) teen pregnancy, in sex-ed and news contexts.

Stroke Order

早 zǎo

孕 yùn

Related Words

早期 zǎoqī HSK 5 #6,707

early period; early stage / early phase

早早 zǎozǎo #13,704

as early as possible / early on / bright and early

早发白帝城 zǎofābáidìchéng

Setting Out Early from Baidi City / (title of a famous Tang poem by Li Bai about a dawn departure down the Yangtze) / (lit.) early — set out — Baidi — city

早期诊断 zǎoqīzhěnduàn

early diagnosis / early detection

早睡早起 zǎoshuìzǎoqǐ

early to bed, early to rise / to keep good sleep hours

一早 yīzǎo HSK 7 #5,438

early in the morning / long ago; early on

早起 zǎoqǐ #9,448

to get up early / to rise early

早退 zǎotuì #27,075

to leave early / to clock out early / to retire early

早晨 zǎochen HSK 2 #2,366

early morning

早婚 zǎohūn #57,761

to marry early / early marriage