婴儿

yīngér · HSK 7

baby infant

👶 yīngér sounds like younger — a baby is the youngest person there is

Decomposes as 婴 (infant) + 儿 (child/young one), so the word literally stacks two baby words. The sound yīng-ér also echoes the English younger to lock in the meaning.

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