怎么孩子还未出生呢
“How did she know it was a boy”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我当时就特别好奇
“I was very curious then.”
怎么 孩子 还未出生呢
“How did she know it was a boy”
就知道是男胎
“before the child was even born?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In traditional Chinese culture, foretelling a male heir before birth was surrounded by popular folk methods, fortune-telling, and intense social interest.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not yet
A slightly formal or literary equivalent of '还没有', common in storytelling and vivid spoken narration.
to be born
Standard verb used across all registers to refer to childbirth or birth.
Softens the rhetorical question and underscores ongoing bewilderment or curiosity.