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

HSK 4

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 yǒu le zìjǐ de háizi.

This couple had their own child through surrogate pregnancy.

HSK 7-9

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