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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

出生率

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chū shēng lǜ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Birthrate/ˈbɜːrθ.reɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"许多发达国家正面临出生率下降的问题。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The number of live births per thousand of population per year.

    "The country has experienced a steady decline in its birthrate over the past decade."
  2. 2

    The proportion of births to the total population in a given area during a specified period.

    "Government policies are increasingly focused on reversing the falling birthrate."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'birth' (from Old English 'gebyrd') and 'rate' (from Late Latin 'rata', meaning calculated proportion). It entered modern demographic vocabulary in the 19th century to statistically quantify population growth and fertility trends.

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