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萌

méng

HSK 6 Character

What 萌 means

1. bound formto sprout; to bud
2. colloquialcute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
3. variant of {氓|méng}

Example sentences

• 好萌！
  Awww!
• 好萌啊！
  Hǎo méng ā!
  Very Moe!
• 别卖萌！
  Stop acting cute!
• 你的这双拖鞋很萌。
  Nǐ de zhè shuāng tuōxié hěn méng.
  Your pair of slippers are very cute.
• 你觉得这个东西萌吗？
  Nǐ juéde zhège dōngxi méng ma?
  Do you think this thing is cute?

Words starting with 萌

• 萌芽méng yá(of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud; sprout; bud
• 萌生méng shēngto burgeon; to produce; to conceive
• 萌发méng fāto sprout; to shoot; to bud
• 萌动méng dòngto sprout; (fig.) to emerge
• 萌古Méng gǔ(archaic) Mongol
• 萌娃méng wácute little kid
• 萌新méng xīn(neologism; slang) newbie
• 萌萌哒méng méng dā(net slang) adorable; cute
• 萌渚岭Méng zhǔ lǐngMengzhu mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi

Words containing 萌

• 呆萌dāi méngendearingly silly
• 复萌fù méngto germinate again
• 装萌zhuāng méng(slang) to act cute
• 卖萌mài méng(slang) to act cute
• 故态复萌gù tài fù méngto revert to old ways
• 杜渐防萌dù jiān fáng méngto nip in the bud
• 防患未萌fáng huàn wèi méngto prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
• 旧态复萌jiù tài fù méngsee 故态复萌

Characters that look like 萌

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

• 缔dì(archaic) to bind up inextricably; (bound form) to form an enduring union…
• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 稍shāosomewhat; a little
• 锈xiùto rust
• 甥shēng(bound form) sister's son; nephew

Sounds the same

Read méng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 盟oath; pledge; union
• 蒙(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 氓(literary) common people
• 朦used in 朦胧
• 檬used in 柠檬
• 虻horsefly; gadfly
• 幪used in 帡幪
• 礞(mineral)
• 曚twilight before dawn
• 瞢eyesight obscured; to feel ashamed
• 甍rafters supporting tiles; ridge of a roof
• 艨used in 艨冲