SPROUT    萌芽

INTENSELY YOUNG STEM OR BRANCH of a PLANT.
GERMINATEPUT/SEND OUT SHOOTSBUDBURGEON
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most common general word for the young sprouts of a tree is méng 萌, and this word is also current in verbal as well as transferred senses. 2. Yá 芽 refers to sprouts, typically of smaller plants like flowers or shrubs. 3. Niè 櫱／蘗／孽 refers to new twigs, especially those emerging from a tree that has been cut down, and the word comes to take on negative transferred senses like "illegitimate offspring".
Modern Chinese Criteria
萌芽 胚芽 幼芽 幼苗 嫩苗 苗子 苗苗 新苗 苗 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • GROWLIVE so as to INCREASE in SIZE.
Hypernym
  • BRANCH　PART of TREE that GROWS on the TRUNK. (anc: 3/0, child: 2)
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
Other Hypernyms
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
  • STEM　IMPORTANT PLANT PART LEADS FROM ROOT TO BRANCHES ETC.. (anc: 3/0, child: 1)
  • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
  • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1127

    萌，芽，孽

    1. WL claims that ya2 芽 cannot be used verbally. In fact, the word is very rare indeed, being mostly current as part of the compound 萌芽 in pre-Buddhist texts, and both the compound and the word are repeatedly used verbally. (LSCQ, CQFL, LIEXIANZHUAN)

    • Words (12 items)

    萌  méng OC: mreeŋ MC: mɣɛŋ 10 Attributions

    The most common general word for the young sprouts of a tree is méng 萌, and this word is also current in verbal as well as transferred senses.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 芽/SPROUT Yá 芽 refers to sprouts, typically of smaller plants like flowers or shrubs.

      Syntactic words
    • nnew twigs with sprouts
    • nfigurativeabstract: sign
    • vibe teeming with great potential of growthCH
    • vichangeto sprout
    • vifigurativecome into existence
    苗  miáo OC: mrew MC: miɛu 8 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Subject: 槁/DRY Gǎo 槁 and kū 枯 (ant. rùn 潤 "lush") are common words referring specifically to dryness of trees and sometimes other plants.
    • Relat: 秀/BLOSSOM Xiù 秀 refers to the flower as a sign of health and of an ability to bear fruit.

      Syntactic words
    • ngrain before it has grown ears; sprouts, young plants
    • vichange(of plants) be sprouting
    萌芽  méng yá OC: mreeŋ ŋɡraa MC: mɣɛŋ ŋɣɛ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPLS 1.3: sprout
    • VPiinchoativeCQFL 30: to sprout 國家之失乃始萌芽
    荑  tí OC: lii MC: dei 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nsprout; shout; kind of grain
    蘗  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 2 Attributions

    Niè 櫱／蘗／孽refers to new twigs, especially those emerging from a tree that has been cut down, and the word comes to take on negative transferred senses like "illegitimate offspring".

      Syntactic words
    • nsprout
    • nfigurative"sprouts"
    芽  yá OC: ŋɡraa MC: ŋɣɛ 1 Attribution

    Yá 芽 refers to sprouts, typically of smaller plants like flowers or shrubs.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 萌/SPROUT The most common general word for the young sprouts of a tree is méng 萌, and this word is also current in verbal as well as transferred senses.

      Syntactic words
    • nsprout
    • vichangestart sprouting CQFL, LIEXIANZHUAN: 物始芽
    茁  zhú OC: krlid MC: ʈit 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • visprout forth
    萌蘖  méng niè MC: meang ngjet OC: mreeŋ ŋred 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPall kinds of sproutsCH
    權輿  quán yù MC: gjwen yoH OC: ɡron k-las 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibegin to shoot spouts, begin to grow and flourishCH
    孽  niè OC: ŋred MC: ŋiɛt 1 Attribution

    Niè 櫱／蘗／孽 refers to new twigs, especially those emerging from a tree that has been cut down, and the word comes to take on negative transferred senses like "illegitimate offspring".

      Syntactic words
    • nnew twig
    • nfigurative"sprout"
    萌牙  méng yá OC: mreeŋ ŋɡraa MC: mɣɛŋ ŋɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialsprouts
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPibegin to shoot spouts, begin to grow and flourishCH