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孕育

yùn yù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

孕育 (yùn yù) means "to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 孕育 means

1. to be pregnant
2. to produce offspring
3. to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc)
4. fig. replete with (culture etc)

The characters in 孕育

• 孕yùnpregnant
• 育yùto have children; to raise or bring up; to educate

Example sentences

• 喜马拉雅山脉被称为亚洲的水塔，孕育了长江、恒河、印度河等 10 条主要河流。
  Known as the water towers of Asia, the Himalayas feed 10 major rivers such as the Yangtze, the Ganges and the Indus.

Where 孕育 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù–yùn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yùn yù correctly.
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