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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yá | ya2
English translation
bud
sprout
bud, shoot, sprout

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

plant

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹牙

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Guò duō de 葡萄 pútao 活力 huólì chā ,可能 kěnéng huì 出现 chūxiàn 以下 yǐ xià 作物 zuò wù dōng de 损害 sǔn hài .

Excessive vine vigor may occur following poor crops and winter bud damage.

长成 zhǎng chéng Xīn zhū ,新株 shēng chū Xīn de 块茎 kuài jīng .

The buds grow into new plants which produce new tubers.

dōng luǎn xíng bèi 鳞片 lín piàn .

Bud ovoid quilt scale of winter.

发芽 fā yá , hán bāo , 春雨 chūn yǔ ,夏风, Qiū shuāng , dōng Xuě .

She germination, bud, spring rain summer wind , akishimo, Dongxue.

今年 jīn nián shù 萌芽 méngyá zǎo .

The trees are budding early this year.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bud
麦芽 mài yá malt麥芽
萌芽 méngyá to bud萌芽 méngyá
发芽 fā yá to germinate發芽
豆芽 dòu yá bean sprout豆芽 dòu yá
麦芽糖 mài yá táng maltose (sweet syrup)麥芽糖
嫩芽 nèn yá soft shoot嫩芽 nèn yá
胚芽 pēi yá bud胚芽 pēi yá
催芽 cuī yá to promote germination催芽 cuī yá
豆芽菜 dòu yá cài bean sprouts豆芽菜 dòu yá cài
腋芽 yè yá axillary bud腋芽 yè yá
顶芽 dǐng yá terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)頂芽
侧芽 cè yá axillary bud側芽
胚芽鞘 pēi yá qiào coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)胚芽鞘 pēi yá qiào

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