嬰兒

See also: 婴儿

Chinese

		infant; baby	son; child; diminutive suffix
trad. (嬰兒)		嬰	兒
simp. (婴儿)		婴	儿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīng'ér

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥㄦˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ ji⁴
Min Nan (POJ): eng-lî / eng-jî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yīng'ér
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥㄦˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingelr
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing¹ ji⁴
  - Yale: yīng yìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ ji⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ yi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ jiː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-lî
  - Tâi-lô: ing-lî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: englii
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ³³ li²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² li²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eng-jî
  - Tâi-lô: ing-jî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: engjii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² d͡ʑi¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ʑi²³/

Noun

嬰兒

baby; infant (Classifier: 個／个 m)
(Taoism) lead (metal)

嬰兒奼女配陰陽，鉛汞相投分日月。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
婴儿姹女配阴阳，铅汞相投分日月。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
From: Wu Cheng'en, Journey to the West, 16^th century CE
Yīng'ér chànǚ pèi yīnyáng, qiān gǒng xiāngtóu fēn rìyuè. [Pinyin]
The baby and the girl were married; lead and mercury combined to divide the sun and the moon.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 嬰兒 (“baby; infant”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嬰兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	啤啤、蘇蝦仔
Min Nan	Taipei	紅嬰仔、嬰仔、幼囝、細囝

Derived terms

嬰兒床／婴儿床 (yīng'érchuáng)
嬰兒車／婴儿车 (yīng'érchē)

嬰兒配方奶粉／婴儿配方奶粉 (yīng'ér pèifāng nǎifěn)
嬰兒食品／婴儿食品 (yīng'ér shípǐn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嬰	兒
えい Hyōgaiji	じ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

嬰兒 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 嬰児, hiragana えいじ, rōmaji eiji, alternative reading みどりご, rōmaji midorigo)

Kyūjitai form of 嬰児: baby, infant, newborn

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