萌生

Chinese

		(archaic) people; sprout; (neologism) moe, cute	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (萌生)		萌	生
simp. ^#(萌生)		萌	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): méngshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mang⁴ sang¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bêng-sng / bêng-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: méngshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˊ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: méngsheng
  - Wade–Giles: mêng²-shêng¹
  - Yale: méng-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mengsheng
  - Palladius: мэншэн (mɛnšɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mang⁴ sang¹
  - Yale: màhng sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mang⁴ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: meng⁴ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-sng
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengsngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bêng-seng
  - Tâi-lô: bîng-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bengsefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

萌生

(literary) to come into being; to arise

Synonyms

萌動／萌动 (méngdòng)
萌發／萌发 (méngfā)

Adjective

萌生

(literary) many; numerous; multitudinous

Synonyms

一系列 (yīxìliè)
不少 (bùshǎo)
不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
好些 (hǎoxiē)
好多 (hǎoduō)
孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
幾多 / 几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
廣 / 广 (literary, or in compounds)
廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
延延 (yányán) (literary)
很多 (hěnduō)
𣍐少 / 𫧃少 (Hokkien)
浩瀚 (hàohàn)
浩繁 (hàofán)
百
眾多 / 众多 (zhòngduō)
繁多 (fánduō)
許多 / 许多 (xǔduō)
諸多 / 诸多 (zhūduō)
颮颮 / 飑飑 (literary)

Noun

萌生

coppicing