"萌動" meaning in Chinese

See 萌動 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /mɤŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /mɐŋ²¹ tʊŋ²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 萌动 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 萌動
  1. (literal, botany) to sprout; to germinate; to bud
    Sense id: en-萌動-zh-verb-2XzxMSFO Categories (other): Botany, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (figurative) to start; to begin; to spring up Tags: figuratively Synonyms (to start): 萌發 (méngfā), 萌发 (méngfā), 萌生 (méngshēng) [literary]
    Sense id: en-萌動-zh-verb-FmjXnr1T Disambiguation of 'to start': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 出息 [Hakka], 出穎 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 出颖 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 出芽 (chūyá), 出苗 (chūmiáo), 出青 [Hokkien], 必目 [Hakka], 必筍 [Hakka], 必笋 [Hakka], 抽筍 [Hakka], 抽笋 [Hakka], 抽芽 (chōuyá), 暴穎 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 暴颖 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 暴筍 [Hakka], 暴笋 [Hakka], 暴芽 [Hokkien], 權輿 (quányú) [literary], 权舆 (quányú) [literary], 爆穎 (pok-íⁿ) [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 爆颖 (pok-íⁿ) [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 爆芽 (bau4 nga4) [Gan, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 生筍 [Hakka], 生笋 [Hakka], 生芽 [Hakka], 發穎 [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 发颖 [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 發芽 (fāyá), 发芽 (fāyá), 綻筍 [Hakka], 绽笋 [Hakka], [in-compounds, literary], 萌發 (méngfā), 萌发 (méngfā), 萌芽 (méngyá), 露苗 (lòumiáo)
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      "form": "萌动",
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
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    }
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  "head_templates": [
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "zh:Botany",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sprout; to germinate; to bud"
      ],
      "id": "en-萌動-zh-verb-2XzxMSFO",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "sprout",
          "sprout"
        ],
        [
          "germinate",
          "germinate"
        ],
        [
          "bud",
          "bud"
        ]
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal, botany) to sprout; to germinate; to bud"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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        "to start; to begin; to spring up"
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          "start",
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        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "spring up",
          "spring up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to start; to begin; to spring up"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "méngfā",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "萌發"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "méngfā",
          "sense": "to start",
          "word": "萌发"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "méngshēng",
          "sense": "to start",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "萌生"
        }
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méngdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mang⁴ dung⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méngdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méngdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mêng²-tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méng-dùng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mengdonq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mɛndun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мэндун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɤŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mang⁴ dung⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "màhng duhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mang⁴ dung⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "meng⁴ dung⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐŋ²¹ tʊŋ²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "出息"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "出穎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "出颖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chūyá",
      "word": "出芽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chūmiáo",
      "word": "出苗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "出青"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "必目"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "必筍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "必笋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "抽筍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "抽笋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chōuyá",
      "word": "抽芽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "暴穎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "暴颖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "暴筍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "暴笋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "暴芽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "quányú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "權輿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "quányú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "权舆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pok-íⁿ",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爆穎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pok-íⁿ",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爆颖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bau4 nga4",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爆芽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "生筍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "生笋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "生芽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "發穎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "发颖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fāyá",
      "word": "發芽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fāyá",
      "word": "发芽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "綻筍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "绽笋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "萌"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "méngfā",
      "word": "萌發"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "méngfā",
      "word": "萌发"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "méngyá",
      "word": "萌芽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lòumiáo",
      "word": "露苗"
    }
  ],
  "word": "萌動"
}
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    "Chinese terms spelled with 萌",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "to sprout; to germinate; to bud"
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      ],
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        "Mandarin",
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    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    {
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        "Pinyin"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méngdòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mêng²-tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "méng-dùng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mengdonq"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mɛndun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "мэндун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɤŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "mang⁴ dung⁶"
    },
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        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "màhng duhng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "mang⁴ dung⁶"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "meng⁴ dung⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐŋ²¹ tʊŋ²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "出息"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "出穎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "出颖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūyá",
      "word": "出芽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chūmiáo",
      "word": "出苗"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "出青"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "必目"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "必筍"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "必笋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "抽筍"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "抽笋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chōuyá",
      "word": "抽芽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "暴穎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "暴颖"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "暴筍"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "暴笋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "暴芽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "quányú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "權輿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "quányú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "权舆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pok-íⁿ",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爆穎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pok-íⁿ",
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爆颖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bau4 nga4",
      "tags": [
        "Gan",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "爆芽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "生筍"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "生笋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "生芽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "發穎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "发颖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāyá",
      "word": "發芽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāyá",
      "word": "发芽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "綻筍"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "绽笋"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "萌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méngfā",
      "word": "萌發"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méngfā",
      "word": "萌发"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méngyá",
      "word": "萌芽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lòumiáo",
      "word": "露苗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méngfā",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "萌發"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méngfā",
      "sense": "to start",
      "word": "萌发"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méngshēng",
      "sense": "to start",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "萌生"
    }
  ],
  "word": "萌動"
}

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  "path": [
    "萌動"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "萌動",
  "trace": ""
}

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