萌生

Chinese

		(archaic) people; sprout; (neologism) moe, cute	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (萌生)		萌	生
simp. #(萌生)		萌	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méngshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ sang¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-sng / bêng-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méngshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méngsheng
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²-shêng¹
    • Yale: méng-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengsheng
    • Palladius: мэншэн (mɛnšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mang⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: màhng sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-sng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengsngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bengsefng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

萌生

1. (literary) to come into being; to arise

Synonyms

• 萌動／萌动 (méngdòng)
• 萌發／萌发 (méngfā)

Adjective

萌生

1. (literary) many; numerous; multitudinous

Synonyms

• 一系列 (yīxìliè)
• 不少 (bùshǎo)
• 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
• 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
• 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
• 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
• 好些 (hǎoxiē)
• 好多 (hǎoduō)
• 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
• 幾多／几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
• 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 很多 (hěnduō)
• 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
• 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
• 浩繁 (hàofán)
• 百
• 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō)
• 繁多 (fánduō)
• 許多／许多 (xǔduō)
• 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
• 颮颮／飑飑 (literary)

 

Noun

萌生

1. coppicing