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Variety	Location	edit 萌
Mandarin	Beijing	/məŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/məŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/məŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/məŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/məŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/məŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/məŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/mə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/məŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/mə̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/mɤŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/moŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/moŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/min²¹/ /moŋ²¹/ 新
	Kunming	/moŋ³¹/
	Nanjing	/mən²⁴/
	Hefei	/məŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/məŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/məŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/mə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/mg²³/
	Suzhou	/mən¹³/
	Hangzhou	/men²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/miɛ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/mʌ̃⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/man⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/moŋ¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/min¹²/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/men¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/men¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mɐŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/meŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/mɐŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/biŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/mɛiŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/meiŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/meŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/moŋ³¹/

Middle Chinese: meang

Rime
Character	萌
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫耕切
Baxter	meang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/mɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/mɛŋ/
Wang Li	/mæŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mang⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mreːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萌
Reading #	1/1
No.	9191
Phonetic component	明
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	甍
Old Chinese	/*mreːŋ/

Definitions

萌Category:Chinese lemmas#艸08 Category:Chinese hanzi#艸08 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#艸08 Category:Pages with entries#萌 Category:Pages with 5 entries#萌

to bud; to sprout; to germinate
- 竹之始生，一寸之萌耳，而節葉具焉。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  竹之始生，一寸之萌耳，而节叶具焉。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1079, Su Shi,《文與可畫篔簹谷偃竹記》, translated by Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark
  Zhú zhī shǐ shēng, yīcùn zhī méng ěr, ér jié yè jù yān. [Pinyin]
  When the bamboo begins to grow, the inch-long shoot already has joints and leaves.
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations
to begin; to start
beginning; start; harbinger; omen; augury; portent
to happen; to occur; to take place
(ACG Category:Chinese fandom slang#艸08) moe: feelings of affection towards a fictional character
(Internet slang Category:Chinese internet slang#艸08, by extension) cute; adorable
賣萌／卖萌 ― màiméng ― to act cutelyCategory:Mandarin terms with usage examples
a surname, MengCategory:Chinese surnames#艸08

Synonyms

(to bud):

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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)
萌動 / 萌动 (méngdòng)
萌發 / 萌发 (méngfā)
萌芽 (méngyá)
露苗 (lòumiáo)

(to begin):

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伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
權輿 / 权舆 (quányú) (literary)
發端 / 发端 (fāduān)
發軔 / 发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
開始 / 开始 (kāishǐ)
開首 / 开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)

(beginning):

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伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
發端 / 发端 (fāduān)
肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
起頭先 / 起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
開始 / 开始 (kāishǐ)
開端 / 开端 (kāiduān)
開頭 / 开头 (kāitóu)
首端 (shǒuduān)

(harbinger):

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先兆 (xiānzhào)
兆頭 / 兆头 (zhàotou)
前兆 (qiánzhào)
彩頭 / 彩头 (Hokkien, Teochew)
徵候 / 征候 (zhēnghòu)
徵兆 / 征兆 (zhēngzhào)
徵象 / 征象 (zhēngxiàng)
朕兆 (zhènzhào) (literary)
節嵌 / 节嵌 (Loudi Xiang)
衣食 (ĭ-sĭk) (Eastern Min)
預兆 / 预兆 (yùzhào)

(people):

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一般人 (yībānrén)
世人 (shìrén)
世間人 / 世间人 (Hokkien)
人士 (rénshì) (literary)
人民 (rénmín)
人群 (rénqún)
人萌 (rénméng) (literary)
俗人 (súrén)
俗子 (súzǐ) (literary)
𫣆人 (Hakka)
兆民 (zhàomín) (archaic)
公眾 / 公众 (gōngzhòng)
凡人 (fánrén)
凡夫 (fánfū) (literary)
匹夫 (pǐfū) (literary)
四眾人 / 四众人 (si³ zing³ nang⁵) (Teochew)
士人 (shìrén) (archaic)
大眾 / 大众 (dàzhòng)
子民 (zǐmín) (historical)
家人 (jiārén) (archaic)
布衣 (bùyī) (historical)
常人 (chángrén)
平人 (píngrén) (literary)
平常人 (píngchángrén)
平民 (píngmín)
庶人 (shùrén) (literary)
庶民 (shùmín) (literary)
斯人 (sīrén) (Classical Chinese)
普通人 (pǔtōngrén)
民人 (mínrén) (literary)
民眾 / 民众 (mínzhòng)
烝民 (zhēngmín) (literary)
烝黎 (zhēnglí) (Classical Chinese)
白衣 (báiyī) (historical)
白衣人 (báiyīrén) (historical)
白身 (báishēn) (archaic)
白身人 (báishēnrén) (archaic)
百姓
眾人 / 众人 (zhòngrén) (literary)
萬姓 / 万姓 (wànxìng) (archaic)
群眾 / 群众 (qúnzhòng)
老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng)
良人 (liángrén) (literary)
草民 (cǎomín) (the worthless ordinary people)
草菅 (cǎojiān) (Classical Chinese, figurative)
草野 (cǎoyě) (literary, figurative)
野人 (yěrén) (archaic)
黎元 (líyuán) (literary)
黎庶 (líshù) (literary)
黎民 (límín) (literary)
黎首 (líshǒu) (archaic)
黔首 (qiánshǒu) (archaic)
黔黎 (archaic)

(to happen): 發生／发生 (fāshēng)
(ignorant): 無知／无知 (wúzhī)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): míng (ming²Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#萌)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ming⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: míng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: míng
  - Wade–Giles: ming²
  - Yale: míng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ming
  - Palladius: мин (min)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ming⁴
  - Yale: mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ming⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɪŋ²¹/

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Definitions

萌Category:Chinese lemmas#艸08 Category:Chinese hanzi#艸08 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#艸08 Category:Pages with entries#萌 Category:Pages with 5 entries#萌

used in 蕨萌 (“a grass name”)Category:Chinese redlinks/zh-l

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méng (meng²Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#萌)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méng
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²
  - Yale: méng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meng
  - Palladius: мэн (mɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mang⁴
  - Yale: màhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹/

Category:Chinese lemmas#艸08 Category:Mandarin lemmas#艸08 Category:Cantonese lemmas#艸08 Category:Middle Chinese lemmas#艸08 Category:Chinese hanzi#艸08 Category:Mandarin hanzi#艸08 Category:Cantonese hanzi#艸08 Category:Middle Chinese hanzi#艸08 Category:Chinese nouns#艸08 Category:Mandarin nouns#艸08 Category:Cantonese nouns#艸08 Category:Middle Chinese nouns#艸08 Category:Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation#艸08 Category:Chinese terms spelled with 萌#艸08

Definitions

萌Category:Chinese lemmas#艸08 Category:Chinese hanzi#艸08 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#艸08 Category:Pages with entries#萌 Category:Pages with 5 entries#萌

(obsolete Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#艸08) alternative form of 氓 (“farmer; wanderer”)

References

“萌”, in 漢語多功能字庫Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#萌 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#萌 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#萌 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “萌”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 154.
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Japanese

Kanji

萌

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#艸08 Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#艸08 Category:Japanese jinmeiyō kanji#艸08

bud, sprout

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
萌
きざし Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
萠

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 萌 read as きざし#きさし'Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きさし'Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#きさし'

For pronunciation and definitions of 萌 – see the following entry.

【兆きざし】

Category:Japanese nouns#きさし'Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#きさし'Category:Japanese lemmas#きさし'Category:Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji#きさし'Category:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#きさし'Category:Japanese terms spelled with 萌#きさし'Category:Japanese single-kanji terms#きさし'

[noun] sign, omen

Alternative spellings
萌し, 萠し, 萠

(This term, 萌, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#きさし'Category:Pages with entries#萌 Category:Pages with 5 entries#萌

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
萌
もえ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
萠

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 萌 read as もえ#もえ Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#もえ Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#もえ

Nominalization of 萌え (moe), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 萌(も)える (moeru, “to bud, sprout”).

Proper noun

a female given nameCategory:Japanese given names#もえ Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#もえ Category:Japanese female given names#もえ

References

“萌”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

萌 • (maeng)Category:Korean lemmas#맹 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#맹 Category:Korean hanja#맹 Category:Korean terms with redundant script codes#맹 Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#맹 Category:Pages with entries#萌 Category:Pages with 5 entries#萌 (hangeul 맹, revised maeng, McCune–Reischauer maeng, Yale mayng)

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Korean entries#艸08 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#艸08

Vietnamese

Han character

萌: Hán Nôm readings: manh, mánh, mảnh, mànhCategory:Vietnamese Han characters with unconfirmed readings#艸08 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

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