ní
婗
infant; baby
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
2 senses · 3 examplesnoun
infant; baby
archaicArchaic literary term meaning 'infant' or 'baby'. In Modern Chinese, this character appears almost exclusively as a bound morpheme in the compound 嫛婗 (yīní), which also means 'infant'. It is not used as an independent word in contemporary speech or writing.
yī嫛
ní婗
infant; baby (literary compound)
ní婗
zi子
infant; child (archaic usage, rarely seen today)
noun
young girl; maiden
archaicAn even rarer archaic sense found in classical texts, referring to a young girl or maiden. This usage is obsolete in Modern Chinese.
ní婗
lán兰
a young girl (classical allusion)