"To bud" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 萌芽 | méng yá | to sprout (lit. or fig.) / to bud / to germinate / germ / seed / bud |   |
| 萌发 | méng fā | to sprout / to shoot / to bud | |
| 出苗 | chū miáo | to sprout / to come out (of seedling) / to bud | |
| 萌 |  méng | to sprout / to bud / to have a strong affection for (slang) / adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え / moe, slang describing affection for a cute character) | |
