🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

新生儿

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xīnshēng'ér

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Newborn/ˈnjuːbɔːrn/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"医生正在检查这个新生儿。"

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As noun
  1. 1

    An infant or animal that has recently been born.

    "The nurses in the maternity ward are caring for several newborns."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'newborn' is derived from the Old English 'neowe' meaning 'new' and 'beran' meaning 'to bear or bring forth'. It has evolved over centuries to specifically refer to an infant recently born.

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