HSK 6 · Nature

萌芽 méngyá “to sprout” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 萌芽 means

  1. to sprout
  2. bud
  3. beginnings
  4. (of a seed) to germinate
  5. (of a plant) to sprout
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (also used figuratively)

How to say 萌芽

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale萌méng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale芽yá2nd tone, rising

萌芽 in a sentence

  1. 春天到了，小草开始萌芽了。

    Chūntiān dào le, xiǎocǎo kāishǐ méngyá le.

    Spring is here, and the grass is starting to sprout.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他心里萌芽了一个新的想法。

    Tā xīnlǐ méngyá le yí ge xīn de xiǎngfǎ.

    A new idea began to take shape in his mind.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 萌芽 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 萌 (méng) with each of its parts in a different colour
萌méngto sprout; to bud
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 明bright · míngSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 明 (míng) hints at the sound. Compare it with méng.

The character 芽 (yá) with each of its parts in a different colour
芽yábud
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 牙tooth · yáSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 牙 (yá) hints at the sound. Compare it with yá.

How to write 萌芽

萌 11 strokes · 芽 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

萌芽 (méngyá) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 萌芽 (méngyá). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 萌芽

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FAQs

萌芽 (méngyá) means “to sprout” or “bud”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it méngyá: méng with a 2nd tone, then yá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 萌芽 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mengya with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 萌芽 from the suggestions. Typing mengya into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
萌芽 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.