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萌芽

méng yá

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

萌芽 (méng yá) means "to sprout (lit. or fig.); to bud; to germinate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 萌芽 means

1. (of a seed) to germinate
2. (of a plant) to sprout; to bud
3. sprout; bud
4. (also used figuratively)

The characters in 萌芽

• 萌méng(bound form) to sprout; to bud; (colloquial) cute; adorable…
• 芽yábud; sprout

Where 萌芽 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · měi–mí (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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