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méng

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méng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
méng | meng2
English translation
to sprout
to bud
to have a strong affection for (slang)
adorable (loanword from Japanese méng え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character)
bud, germ, sprout; to bud

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About méng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

méng

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of méng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹明

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Míng

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using méng

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今年 jīn nián shù 萌芽 méngyá zǎo .

The trees are budding early this year.

萌生 méng shēng chū 撰写 zhuàn xiě 系列小说 de 想法 xiǎng fǎ

She had conceived the idea of a series of novels.

这些 zhè xiē 发展 fāzhǎn zǎo zài 十多年 qián de 萌芽 méngyá 阶段 jiēduàn jiù 预见到

These developments were foreseen in embryo more than a decade ago.

自从 zìcóng lái shǎng 大学 Dà xué Hòu jiù duì 春心 chūn xīn 萌动 méng dòng

I've had the hots for him ever since he came to college.

Words with méng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
méng to bud méng
萌芽 méngyá to bud萌芽 méngyá
萌生 méng shēng to burgeon萌生 méng shēng
萌发 méng fā to sprout萌發
萌动 méng dòng to sprout萌動
故态复萌 gù tài fù méng to revert to old ways故態復萌
复萌 fù méng to germinate again復萌
萌渚岭 Méng zhǔ lǐng Mengzhu mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi萌渚嶺
旧态复萌 jiù tài fù méng to revert to old ways舊態復萌

méng Decomposition & Compounds

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méng Decomposition

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méng Compounds

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