粵

孕jan6育juk6

jan6 juk6yun4yu4yùn yù

English

  1. to be pregnant
  2. (verb) Gestate
  3. to produce offspring
  4. to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc)
  5. fig. replete with (culture etc)
  6. (lit.) to breed; (fig.) to give rise to

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 誕生並且養育

Examples

  • 喜馬拉雅山脈被稱為亞洲的水塔,孕育了長江、恆河、印度河等 10 條主要河流。

    Known as the water towers of Asia, the Himalayas feed 10 major rivers such as the Yangtze, the Ganges and the Indus.

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  • 海洋是孕育原始生命的温牀。

    The ocean is the nursery where primitive lives breed.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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