单身人群在世界各地越来越多，中国也不例外。
越来越多中国女性认为，冻卵是“世上唯一的后悔药”，让她们延迟生育计划、事业家庭兼得。
也有一些女性认为，生理时钟不停转动，完成冻卵令她们安心。
最起码，她们为自己做了一点事情、保留一点希望。
追求自由生活、发展事业、找不到合适伴侣等等，都是中国女性决定进行冻卵手术的原因。
因为中国大陆禁止单身女性冻卵，一些有条件的女性选择去海外进行手术，冷冻及保存卵子，延长自己的生育年龄。
除了美国之外，台湾、香港也是热门地区。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 单身 | dān shēn | unmarried; single / alone |
| 人群 | rén qún | crowd |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 各 | gè | each / every |
| 地 | dì | earth / ground / field / place / land |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 例外 | lì wài | to be an exception |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman / the female sex |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 冻 | dòng | to freeze / to feel very cold |
| 卵 | luǎn | egg; ovum; spawn / (coll.) testicles / (old) penis / (expletive) fucking |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 世 | shì | life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 唯一 | wéi yī | only; sole |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 后悔 | hòu huǐ | to regret; to feel remorse |
| 药 | yào | medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 她们 | tā men | they; them (females) |
| 延迟 | yán chí | to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag |
| 生育 | shēng yù | fertility |
| 计划 | jì huà | plan / project / program |
| 事业 | shì yè | undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household |
| 兼 | jiān | double / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time |
| 得 | dé | to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 生理 | shēng lǐ | physiology |
| 时钟 | shí zhōng | clock |
| 停 | tíng | to stop / to halt |
| 转动 | zhuàn dòng | to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate |
| 完成 | wán chéng | to complete; to accomplish |
| 令 | lìng | to order / to command / to cause / to make sth happen |
| 安心 | ān xīn | to feel relieved / to set one's mind at rest / to keep one's mind on sth |
| 最起码 | zuì qǐ mǎ | at least; the minimum required |
| 为 | wèi | because of / for / to |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 点 | diǎn | a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 保留 | bǎo liú | to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later |
| 希望 | xī wàng | a hope; a wish |
| 追求 | zhuī qiú | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly / to seek after |
| 自由 | zì yóu | free; unrestricted |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | to develop / to grow / to expand |
| 找不到 | zhǎo bu dào | can't find |
| 合适 | hé shì | suitable; fitting; appropriate |
| 伴侣 | bàn lǚ | companion / mate / partner |
| 等等 | děng děng | et cetera / and so on ... |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 决定 | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind |
| 进行 | jìn xíng | (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 手术 | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation / surgery |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause / origin / root cause / reason |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 大陆 | Dà lù | mainland China (reference to the PRC) |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit / to forbid / to ban |
| 条件 | tiáo jiàn | condition; circumstance; term; factor / situation; state; condition |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 冷冻 | lěng dòng | to freeze (food etc) |
| 及 | jí | and |
| 保存 | bǎo cún | to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc) |
| 卵子 | luǎn zǐ | ovum |
| 延长 | yán cháng | to prolong / to extend / to delay |
| 年龄 | nián líng | (a person's) age |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside / excluding |
| 台湾 | Tái wān | Taiwan |
| 香港 | Xiāng gǎng | Hong Kong |
| 热门 | rè mén | popular; hot; in vogue |
| 地区 | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term) |