BABY    嬰兒

INTENSELY YOUNG CHILD.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for a baby is yīng 嬰 sometimes expanded to yīng ér 嬰兒 "baby child".
Modern Chinese Criteria
嬰兒 嬰孩 嬰 新生兒 產兒 赤子 乳兒 毛毛 小毛頭 小兒 襁褓小 寶寶 寶貝 乖乖 囡囡 小鬼 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • FOETUS　BABY of ANIMAL OR HUMAN BEFORE BIRTH. (anc: 10/0, child: 1)
Antonym
  • OLD MANOLD MALE ADULT.
  • ADULTHUMAN who is SUFFICIENTLY OLD to ESTABLISH his/her SEPARATE HOME.
Hypernym
  • CHILD　YOUNG DESCENDENT. (anc: 8/0, child: 5)
  • DESCENDANT　HUMAN HAVING a DEFINED OTHER HUMAN as FATHER, MOTHER, OR ANCESTOR. (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • HUMAN　ANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS. (anc: 6/0, child: 31)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 2.28

    • Words (3 items)

    嬰兒  yīng ér OC: qeŋ ŋje MC: ʔiɛŋ ȵiɛ 17 Attributions

    The current general word for a baby is yīng 嬰 sometimes expanded to yīng ér 嬰兒"baby child".

      Syntactic words
    • NP{N1adN2}small (still breast-feeding) baby; child (of playing age)
    嬰  yīng OC: qeŋ MC: ʔiɛŋ 2 Attributions

    The current general word for a baby is yīng 嬰 sometimes expanded to yīng ér 嬰兒"baby child".

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 兒/CHILD Ér 兒 refers to children of fairly young age.

      Syntactic words
    • nbaby, young child, often of walking age
    兒子  ér zǐ MC: nye tsiX OC: ŋje sklɯʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiact like a babyCH