婴 yīng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
婴儿
yīng'ér
baby
Characters in this word
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 婴儿的听觉很敏感，突然的噪音容易把他吓醒。 Yīng'ér de tīngjué hěn mǐngǎn, tūrán de zàoyīn róngyì bǎ tā xià xǐng. A baby's sense of hearing is very sensitive, and sudden noise can easily wake him up with a fright.
- 婴儿一天要睡很长时间。 Yīng'ér yì tiān yào shuì hěn cháng shíjiān. A baby has to sleep for a long time every day.
- 妈妈轻轻地抱着婴儿，哼着歌哄他睡觉。 Māma qīngqīng de bàozhe yīng'ér, hēngzhe gē hǒng tā shuìjiào. Mum held the baby gently and hummed a song to lull him to sleep.