"To sprout" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 萌芽 | méng yá | to sprout (lit. or fig.) / to bud / to germinate / germ / seed / bud |   |
| 长出 | zhǎng chū | to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc) | |
| 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 | 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) | |
| 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 | |
