"To sprout" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 萌芽 | méng yá | (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / sprout / bud / (also used figuratively) |   |
| 长出 | zhǎng chū | to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) | |
| 发芽 | fā yá | (of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout / to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop | |
| 萌发 | méng fā | to sprout / to shoot / to bud | |
| 萌动 | méng dòng | to sprout / (fig.) to emerge | |
| 出苗 | chū miáo | to sprout / to come out (of seedling) / to bud | |
| 萌 |  méng | (bound form) to sprout / to bud / (coll.) cute / adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え / "moe", affection for an anime or manga character) / (literary) common people (variant of 氓[meng2]) | |
| 茁 | zhuó | to display vigorous, new growth / to sprout | |
| 滋芽 | zī yá | (dialect) to sprout / to germinate | |
| 权舆 | quán yú | to sprout / (fig). to begin / beginning | |
