芽 (ngaa4) — bud; sprout; shoot; bud-shaped thing in Cantonese
ngaaˎ₄芽Mandarin Pinyin: ya2
Meaning of 芽
nounbud; sprout; shoot; bud-shaped thing
Example Sentences with 芽
coˉ¹初sangˉ¹生dikˉ¹的nan6亲嫩芽
A new sprout.
taiˊ²睇haaˏ₅吓diˉ¹啲jauˍ₆幼ngaa4.芽。
Look at the seedlings.
niˉ¹呢poˉ¹棵syuˍ₆樹jauˏ₅有jauˍ₆幼ngaa4.芽。
This tree has sprouts.
jauˍ₆幼ngaaˎ₄芽houˊ²好ceoi˗₃脆joek6.弱。
Sprouts are very fragile.
camˎ₄植matˍ₆物ceotˉ¹出jauˍ₆幼ngaa4.芽。
Plants are sprouting.
Words Containing 芽
大豆芽菜daai6 dau2 ngaa4 coi3
yellow bean sprouts
麥芽mak6 ngaa4
a wheat sprout; malt
黃芽白wong4 ngaa4 baak6
napa cabbage; chinese cabbage (Standard Chinese: 大白菜)
芽菜ngaa4 coi3
beansprouts (from mung beans) | Std. Chin.: 豆芽
芽豆ngaa4 dau2
sprouted broad bean
側芽zak1 ngaa4
lateral bud
出芽ceot1 ngaa4
germinate, germination | Syn: 發芽
爆芽baau3 ngaa4
sprouting
發芽faat3 ngaa4
germinate, germination | Syn: 出芽
豆芽dau6 ngaa4
bean sprouts. Cant. tend to use 芽菜
麥芽糖mak6 ngaa4 tong2
maltose
萌芽mang4 ngaa4
germinate
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