襁褓

qiǎngbǎo

noun #34,179

Meanings

1 swaddling clothes
2 infancy, earliest stage of development

Characters

swaddling cloth

Examples

HSK 4

这家公司还在襁褓之中。

Zhè jiā gōngsī hái zài qiǎngbǎo zhīzhōng.

This company is still in its infancy.

HSK 6

婴儿被包在襁褓中。

Yīng'ér bèi bāo zài qiǎngbǎo zhōng.

The infant was wrapped in swaddling clothes.

Tips

usage

襁褓 literally means swaddling cloths but is most often used figuratively in 还在襁褓中 / 襁褓之中 ('still in swaddling clothes' = in its infancy) for nascent companies, projects, or movements.

Stroke Order

襁 qiǎng

褓 bǎo