萌芽

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Chinese

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(archaic) people; sprout; (neologism) moe, cute bud; sprout
trad. (萌芽)
simp. #(萌芽)
alternative forms 萌牙

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (31)
Final () (117) (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II II
Fanqie
Baxter meang ngae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠɛŋ/ /ŋˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚæŋ/ /ŋᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɐŋ/ /ŋa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məɨjŋ/ /ŋaɨ/
Li
Rong
/mɛŋ/ /ŋa/
Wang
Li
/mæŋ/ /ŋa/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/mæŋ/ /ŋa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
méng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mang4 ngaa4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ ngæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-ɢˁ<r>a/
English shoot, sprout

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9191 14178
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mreːŋ/ /*ŋraː/

Noun

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萌芽

  1. sprout
  2. (figurative) germ (of an idea)

Verb

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萌芽

  1. (botany) to sprout; to germinate; to bud

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (萌芽):
  • Japanese: (ほう)() (hōga)
  • Korean: 맹아(萌芽) (maeng'a)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほう
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 4
kan'yōon kan'on

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ほう)() (hōgaはうが (fauga)?

  1. germination
    Synonyms: 発芽 (hatsuga), 芽生え (mebae)
  2. (figuratively) sign, omen
    Synonym: 兆し (kizashi)

Derived terms

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Verb

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(ほう)()する (hōga suruはうが (fauga)?intransitive suru (stem (ほう)() (hōga shi), past (ほう)()した (hōga shita))

  1. to germinate; to sprout

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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萌芽 (maeng'a) (hangeul 맹아)

  1. hanja form? of 맹아