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芽

yá

HSK 6 Character

What 芽 means

1. bud
2. sprout

Example sentences

• 树木开始抽芽。
  The trees are beginning to bud.
• 花园里的草发芽了。
  Huāyuán lǐ de cǎo fāyá le.
  The grass sprouts all over the garden.
• 蒜头发芽了怎幺办?
  What should one do with germinating garlic bulbs?
• 因为啤酒会根据麦芽含量去征税，所以发泡酒会比较便宜。
  Yīnwèi píjiǔ huì gēnjù màiyá hánliàng qù zhēngshuì, suǒyǐ fāpāojiǔ huì bǐjiào piányi.
  Beer is taxed according to its malt content, so low-malt beer is cheaper.

Words starting with 芽

• 芽眼yá yǎn(botany) undeveloped bud; eye
• 芽苗yá miáoa shoot; a sprout; a seedling
• 芽孢yá bāoendospore

Words containing 芽

• 萌芽méng yá(of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; sprout; bud
• 发芽fā yá(of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud…
• 豆芽dòu yábean sprout
• 嫩芽nèn yátender shoots
• 侧芽cè yáaxillary bud
• 催芽cuī yáto induce germination of seeds (e.g. by soaking in water)…
• 抽芽chōu yá(of a plant) to sprout; to bud
• 新芽xīn yánew shoot; new sprout
• 滋芽zī yá(dialect) to sprout; to germinate
• 花芽huā yáflower bud
• 叶芽yè yáleaf bud
• 顶芽dǐng yáterminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant)
• 麦芽mài yámalt
• 肉芽肿ròu yá zhǒng(pathology) granuloma
• 豆芽菜dòu yá càibean sprouts
• 麦芽糖mài yá tángmaltose (sweet syrup)
• 球芽甘蓝qiú yá gān lánBrussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera)
• 麦芽糊精mài yá hú jīngmaltodextrin
• 麦芽糖醇mài yá táng chúnmaltitol, a sugar alcohol
• 胚芽pēi yábud; sprout; germ
• 胚芽米pēi yá mǐsemipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)
• 小麦胚芽xiǎo mài pēi yáwheat germ
• 蜡样芽孢杆菌là yàng yá bāo gǎn jūn(microbiology) Bacillus cereus
• 胚芽鞘pēi yá qiàocoleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)

Characters built on 牙

These share the phonetic component 牙 (yá), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 雅yǎelegant
• 呀ya(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
• 讶yàastounded
• 鸦yācrow
• 玡yávariant of 琊
• 砑yàto calender
• 蚜yáaphis
• 伢yá(dialect) child

Characters that look like 芽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 罗luógauze; to collect; to gather
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed
• 茅máoreeds; rushes
• 斧fǔhatchet
• 匣xiábox
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave

Sounds the same

Read yá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 牙tooth; ivory
• 崖precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. yái
• 涯border; horizon; shore
• 伢(dialect) child
• 衙office; yamen 衙门
• 睚(literary) corner of the eye; canthus
• 蚜aphis
• 枒the coconut tree; rim
• 厓old form of 崖 (cliff) and 涯 (bank)
• 堐(used in place names); Taiwan pr. ái
• 琊used in place names, notably 琅琊山; Taiwan pr. yé
• 玡variant of 琊