萌發

See also: 萌发

Chinese

		(archaic) people; sprout; (neologism) moe, cute	to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
trad. (萌發)		萌	發
simp. (萌发)		萌	发

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méngfā

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄈㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ faat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méngfā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄈㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méngfa
    • Wade–Giles: mêng²-fa¹
    • Yale: méng-fā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengfa
    • Palladius: мэнфа (mɛnfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ fä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mang⁴ faat³
    • Yale: màhng faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ faːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: bîng-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: benghoad
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/

Verb

萌發

1. (literal, botany) to sprout; to germinate; to bud
2. (figurative) to start; to begin; to spring up

Synonyms

• (to sprout):

• 出息 (Hakka)
• 出穎／出颖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 出芽 (chūyá)
• 出苗 (chūmiáo)
• 出青 (Hokkien)
• 必目 (Hakka)
• 必筍／必笋 (Hakka)
• 抽筍／抽笋 (Hakka)
• 抽芽 (chōuyá)
• 暴穎／暴颖 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 暴筍／暴笋 (Hakka)
• 暴芽 (Hokkien)
• 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
• 爆穎／爆颖 (pok-íⁿ) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 爆芽 (bau⁴ nga⁴) (Gan, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 生筍／生笋 (Hakka)
• 生芽 (Hakka)
• 發穎／发颖 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 發芽／发芽 (fāyá)
• 綻筍／绽笋 (Hakka)
• 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 萌動／萌动 (méngdòng)
• 萌芽 (méngyá)
• 露苗 (lòumiáo)

 

• (to start): 萌動／萌动 (méngdòng), (literary) 萌生 (méngshēng)