生孩子

shēng háizi
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to have a baby
  2. 2 to give birth

Examples

HSK 2
Tā kuài shēng háizi le.
She's about to have her baby.
HSK 4
Hěnduō niánqīngrén juéde shēng háizi de yālì tài dà.
Many young people feel that having a child is too much pressure.

Tips

grammar
It splits like any verb and object: 生了个孩子 'had a baby', 生了两个孩子 'had two children'. 生 alone also works: 她生了 'she has given birth'. The medical word is 分娩; being pregnant is 怀孕.

Stroke Order

生 shēng
孩 hái
子 zǐ