萌動

Chinese

		(archaic) people; sprout; (neologism) moe, cute	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (萌動)		萌	動
simp. (萌动)		萌	动

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méngdòng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ dung⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méngdòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méngdòng
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²-tung⁴
  - Yale: méng-dùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengdonq
  - Palladius: мэндун (mɛndun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mang⁴ dung⁶
  - Yale: màhng duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ dung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ tʊŋ²²/

Verb

萌動

(literal, botany) to sprout; to germinate; to bud
(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)
萌發／萌发 (méngfā)
萌芽 (méngyá)
露苗 (lòumiáo)

(to start): 萌發／萌发 (méngfā), (literary) 萌生 (méngshēng)

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