méng

萌 (méng) is a Chinese word meaning “(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]”.

Meanings

  1. 1(bound form) to sprout; to bud
  2. 2(coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
  3. 3variant of 氓[meng2]

Related words

萌芽(of a seed) to germinate萌生to burgeon萌发to sprout萌动to sprout故态复萌to revert to old ways卖萌(slang) to act cute呆萌endearingly silly复萌to germinate again杜渐防萌to nip in the bud萌娃cute little kid萌新(neologism) (slang) newbie萌萌哒(Internet slang) adorable

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