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  *老* | 老* | *老
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
HSK 1
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
HSK 1
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  *生* | 生* | *生
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
HSK 2
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  *養* | 養* | *養
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
HSK 2
to produce; to manufacture / to give birth to a child
HSK 3
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  *產* | 產* | *產
to give birth / to reproduce / to produce / product / resource / estate / property
HSK 7-9
to give birth to; to bear / fertility
HSK 7-9
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents)
HSK 7-9
since birth / for one's whole life
to face childbirth / about to give birth / refers esp. to the onset of regular contractions
planned childbirth / birth control / family planning / abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育
to apply for residence / to register a birth
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  *誕* | 誕* | *誕
birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase
hare lip (birth defect)
full moon / first full moon after birth (i.e. entering the second month)
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
birth certificate / CL: 張|张
outstanding student / to give birth to healthy babies (typically involving prenatal screening and the abortion of offspring with a severe abnormality) / to enhance the genetic quality of a population; eugenics
from birth / by one's nature
constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)
to unload cargo / (fig.) to give birth to a baby
time of birth / period of labor / lying-in
year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支
one's age (calculated as years from birth) / contrasted with 虛歲|虚岁
one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
difficult birth / (fig.) difficult to achieve
Temujin, birth name of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗
cesarean birth
birth certificate / CL: 張|张
to help a mother give birth
to give birth without complications / easy childbirth / safe delivery / natural birth (without surgical operation)
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
birth canal (in obstetrics)
to practice birth control
to have one's fortune read / system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)
cleft palate (birth defect)
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春 each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁
to give birth (animals) / to bear a litter
red-dyed egg, traditionally given to friends and relatives one month after the birth of one's child
to be born / arrival of newborn / birth (of a savior or religious leader)
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
one's age (calculated as years from birth) / contrasted with 虛歲|虚岁
Huang Shigong, also known as Xia Huanggong 夏黃公|夏黄公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author
birth name of Qing emperor Guangxu 光緒|光绪
to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young
stranger / living person / to give birth / to be born (in a certain time or place)
to have a premature birth
date and time of a person's birth / age
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  *猣* | 猣* | *猣
dog giving birth to three puppies
to exceed the stipulated limit of a birth-control policy / to be reincarnated / to be lenient
natural mother / birth mother
lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family
(car racing) pole position / (obstetrics) cephalic presentation (i.e. head-first birth)
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  *娩* | 娩* | *娩
to give birth to a child
to bear (give birth)
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  *玂* | 玂* | *玂
dog giving birth to a puppy
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect)
(literary) to have a baby girl; to celebrate the birth of a daughter
(of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc
deformed child / child with birth defect
(literary) to have a baby boy; to celebrate the birth of a son
to give birth to
to give birth / to grow (whiskers etc) / to generate / to produce
to give birth to a child or children
to give birth to a baby
female suffering absence or atresia of vagina (as birth defect)
postpartum care center (a facility providing services such as professional care and nutritionally balanced meals for mothers during the traditional month of rest after giving birth)
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子 text on military strategy
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经)
date of birth
deformity / birth defect / abnormality
birth rate
Yuting, trade name of an emergency birth control tablet containing the hormonal medication levonorgestrel
new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice
place of birth
birth defect
birth defect
birth by caesarean section
birth year as designated by animal symbols (mouse, ox, tiger etc)
birth name of Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
to give birth to / to give rise to
premature (birth, child)
lady who has given birth twice
divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date
birth permit
birth certificate / CL: 張|张
local anesthetic / anesthesia to half the body (as for a C-section birth)
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国 and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
Jiang Shinian (c. 2000 BC), birth name of Shennong 神農|神农 Farmer God, first of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 and creator of agriculture in China
department of gynecology and obstetrics / birth clinic
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅 and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事
to marry and give birth late
a child with a birth defect / a deformed child
feast at the birth of a child

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