infant; baby
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Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
infant; baby; babe in arms
archaicAn archaic or literary term for a baby or infant. Rarely used in modern spoken Chinese, typically replaced by 婴儿.
Yī嫛
ní婗
zhī之
tóng童
，
wú无
bù不
yǎng养
yě也
。
There are no infants who are not cared for.
Zhè这
gè个
cí词
zài在
xiàn现
dài代
hàn汉
yǔ语
zhōng中
hěn很
shǎo少
shǐ使
yòng用
，
tōng通
cháng常
yòng用
"
yīng婴
ér儿
"
dài代
tì替
。
This word is rarely used in modern Chinese, usually replaced by "infant" (婴儿).