# 生育 (shēngyù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 生育 (shēngyù) means “to give birth; fertility”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to give birth; fertility
- Pinyin: shēngyù (sheng1 yu4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 越来越多的年轻人推迟生育。
  Yuèláiyuè duō de niánqīngrén tuīchí shēngyù.
  More and more young people are delaying having children.

## Characters

- [生](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-be-born/) (shēng): to be born; raw
- 育 (yù): to have children; to raise or bring up

https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-yu-give-birth/

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