婴孩 (yīnghái): infant

Meanings

Zhège yīnghái gāng chūshēng sān tiān.

This infant was born just three days ago.

Tā huái lǐ bào zhe yī gè yīnghái.

She held a baby in her arms.

usage

婴孩 is more literary than 婴儿 (yīng'ér), which is the more common everyday word for 'baby'.

婴 yīng

孩 hái