芽 (ngaa4 | ya2) : bud; sprout; shoot

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芽

ngaa4

ya2

bud; sprout; shoot; bud-shaped thing

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

芽

This word has been viewed 5022 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Nov 2014 03:09

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芽菜 ngaa4 coi3 ya2 cai4 = bean sprouts; in Sichuan: preserved mustard green

豆芽 dau6 ngaa4 = bean sprouts

黃芽白 wong4 ngaa4 baak6 = napa cabbage; chinese cabbage 粵

麥芽糖 mak6 ngaa4 tong4*2 mai4 ya2 tang2 = maltose

銀芽 ngan4 ngaa4 = outcroppings of silver ores

側芽 zak1 ngaa4 ce4 ya2 = lateral bud

發芽 faat3 ngaa4 fa1 ya2 = germinate, germination

萌芽 mang4 ngaa4 meng2 ya2 = germinate

麥芽 mak6 ngaa4 mai4 ya2 = a wheat sprout; malt

大豆芽 daai6 dau6*2 ngaa4 = yellow bean sprouts
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 芽
Unicode code for this character: U+82bd (off-site link)

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