婴 (yīng): infant, baby
婴 (yīng) is a Chinese character meaning “infant.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 女 (woman). It ranks #2078 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 婴 woman. Its radical form 女 (woman) appears in many related characters such as 女 (nǚ, woman), 奶 (nǎi, grandmother, milk), 她 (tā, she).
Definitions
- infant
- baby
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticwoman
Decomposition: ⿱⿰贝贝女 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 婴
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 婴儿车 | yīng ér chē | baby carriage |
| 婴孩 | yīng hái | infant |
| 弃婴 | qì yīng | to abandon an infant |
| 女婴 | nǚ yīng | female baby |
| 男婴 | nán yīng | male baby |
| 试管婴儿 | shì guǎn yīng ér | test tube baby |
| 育婴 | yù yīng | to look after a baby |
| 圣婴 | shèng yīng | El Niño (meteorology) |
| 婴儿期 | yīng ér qī | infancy |
| 婴幼儿 | yīng yòu ér | baby |
| 婴儿手推车 | yīng ér shǒu tuī chē | baby buggy |
| 连体婴儿 | lián tǐ yīng ér | conjoined twins |
| 连体婴 | lián tǐ yīng | conjoined twins |
| 育婴师 | yù yīng shī | nanny (for infants and toddlers) |
| 反圣婴 | fǎn shèng yīng | La Niña (counterpart of El Niño in meteorology) |
婴 appears in 26 compound words: 35 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 婴 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
古时候，婴子很少有机会接受教育。
gǔ shí hòu , yīng zǐ hěn shǎo yǒu jī huì jiē shòu jiào yù .
In ancient times, infants rarely had the opportunity to receive an education.
...般新生儿的2倍重!纽约妈产下5.9公斤男婴 惊呼:没料到这么大
. . . bān xīn shēng ér de 2 bèi chóng ! niǔ yuē mā chǎn xià 5 . 9 gōng jīn nán yīng jīng hū : méi liào dào zhè má dà
... Twice as heavy as a newborn! New York mom gave birth to a 5.9-kilogram baby boy and exclaimed: I didn't expect it to be so big
...普关税受挫、百岁银行家的感慨,以及“定制婴儿”
. . . pǔ guān shuì shòu cuò , bǎi suì yín háng jiā de gǎn kǎi , yǐ jí dìng zhì yīng ér
... The setback of the general tariff, the lament of a centenarian banker, and the "customized baby"
日本去年出生人数连续十年创新低 南韩新生婴儿续增6.8%
rì běn qù nián chū shēng rén shǔ lián xù shí nián chuàng xīn dī nán hán xīn shēng yīng ér xù zēng 6 . 8
The number of births in Japan hit a record low for ten consecutive years last year, and the number of newborns in South Korea continued to increase by 6.8%
婴儿奶粉全球召回:污染源来自中国,是巧合吗...
yīng ér nǎi fěn quán qiú zhào huí : wū rǎn yuán lái zì zhōng guó , shì qiǎo gě ma . . .
Infant milk powder global recall: Is it a coincidence that the source of pollution comes from China...
男生小便后甩一甩是本能行为吗?婴儿期就有类似反射吗
nán shēng xiǎo biàn hòu shuǎi yī shuǎi shì běn néng háng wéi ma ? yīng ér qī jiù yǒu lèi sì fǎn shè ma
Is it instinctive for boys to shake after urinating? Is there a similar reflex in infancy?
那时婴儿正在哭吗？
Nàshí yīng'ér zhèngzài kū ma?
Was the baby crying then?
谁将照顾这个婴儿？
Shéi jiāng zhàogu zhège yīng'ér?
Who will take care of the baby?
你看那个婴儿在做什么！
Nǐ kàn nàge yīng'ér zài zuò shénme!
See what the baby is doing!
这个婴儿还没有学会走路。
Zhège yīng'ér hái méiyǒu xuéhuì zǒulù.
The baby is not capable of walking yet.
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