Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- méng
English
- bud, sprout
- (bound form) to sprout; to bud
- (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
- variant of 氓[meng2]
- cute and heart-warming; borrowed from moe (Japanese);
- to bud; to sprout
粵語
- 好可愛同得人鍾意，令到睇到嗰個人有種熱血湧上嚟嘅感覺；多數係御宅族用嚟形容自己鍾意嘅動漫角色（尤其係女性角色）
- 植物開始生出莖部，可以比喻事情喺起步階段
As a component in
Words containing 萌
- 萌芽mang4 ngaa4
(of a seed) to germinate
- 萌生mang4 sang1
to burgeon
- 萌塞mang4 sak1
stubborn; narrow-minded; reluctant to take advice of others
- 萌發mang4 faat3
to sprout
- 裝萌zong1 mang4
(slang) to act cute
- 賣萌maai6 mang4
(slang) to act cute
- 復萌fuk6 mang4
to germinate again
- 反差萌faan2 caa1 mang4
gap moe; appeal of a character exhibiting contrasting traits – a disconnect between their outward appearance/demeanor and hidden, unexpected qualities (often cute or vulnerable)
- 萌新mang4 san1
(neologism) (slang) newbie
- 萌動mang4 dung6
to sprout
- 萌古mang4 gu2
(archaic) Mongol
- 呆萌ngoi4 mang4
endearingly silly
- 萌娃mang4 waa1
cute little kid
- 故態復萌gu3 taai3 fuk6 mang4
to revert to old ways
- 黑瞇萌hak1 mi1 mang4
pitch-black;swarthy;dark
- 乾萌萌gon1 mang4 mang4
dry and hard (taste)
- 乾萌萌gon1 mang4 mang4
dry and hard (taste)
- 防患未萌fong4 waan6 mei6 mang4
to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
- 萌萌噠mang4 mang4 daat6
(Internet slang) adorable
- 萌萌噠mang4 mang4 daat6
(Internet slang) adorable
- 杜漸防萌dou6 zim6 fong4 mang4
to nip in the bud
- 萌渚嶺mang4 zyu2 ling5
Mengzhu mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi
- 舊態復萌gau6 taai3 fuk6 mang4
see 故態復萌|故态复萌[gu4 tai4 fu4 meng2]