嬰兒

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): ㄧㄥ ㄦˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīng'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄦˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingerl
    • 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

1. baby; infant (Classifier: 個／个 m)
2. (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
Classical Chinese		嬰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		嬰兒, 嬰孩
Mandarin	Taiwan	嬰兒, 寶寶
	Luoyang	娃娃
	Jiedian	胎娃
	Xuzhou	小毛娃兒
	Wuhan	毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
	Guiyang	嫩娃娃
	Nanjing	小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蘇蝦仔, 阿蝦, 臊妹
	Hong Kong	蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 啤啤, 啤啤仔
	Dongguan	蘇蝦仔, 啤啤, 啤啤仔
Gan	Nanchang	毛伢子
	Lichuan	毛伢崽
	Pingxiang	毛毛仔
Hakka	Meixian	孲𤘅仔
	Xingning	孲𤘅哩
	Huidong	孲𤘅仔
	Qujiang	孲𤘅子
	Xiaosanjiang	嫩仔
	Changting	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Pingyu	蝦毛子
	Wuping	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Liancheng	孲𤘅子
	Yudu	伢人子, 毛伢子
	Ruijin	孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
	Shicheng	赤伢
	Shangyou	伢毛子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	孲𤘅仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	孲𤘅仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	孲𤘅
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿佅, 嬰仔
Huizhou	Jixi	細妹
Jin	Taiyuan	小娃娃
	Xinzhou	小娃子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	𤘅仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	兒囝囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	嬰仔
	Quanzhou	嬰仔
	Zhangzhou	嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰
	Taipei	嬰仔
	Kaohsiung	紅嬰仔
	Tainan	紅嬰仔
	Taichung	紅嬰仔
	Hsinchu	紅嬰仔
	Lukang	紅嬰仔
	Sanxia	紅嬰
	Yilan	紅嬰仔
	Kinmen	嬰仔
	Philippines (Manila)	嬰仔
	Leizhou	儂
Pinghua	Nanning	娃娃
Wu	Shanghai	小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭
	Suzhou	小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡
	Hangzhou	小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭
	Wenzhou	娒兒, 娒娒兒
	Chongming	小小囡
	Danyang	小毛毛, 毛毛
	Jinhua	王男
	Ningbo	奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手
Xiang	Changsha	毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
	Loudi	毛毛唧, 毛毛

Derived terms

嬰兒奶粉／婴儿奶粉 嬰兒室／婴儿室 嬰兒床／婴儿床 (yīng'érchuáng) 嬰兒死亡率／婴儿死亡率 嬰兒猝死症候群／婴儿猝死症候群

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) 試管嬰兒／试管婴儿 (shìguǎn yīng'ér)

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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)

1. Kyūjitai form of 嬰児: baby, infant, newborn