芽 meaning in English

yá

bud; sprout

HSK 7-9noun7 strokes

Meaning of 芽

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yá
  1. bud
  2. sprout

芽 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

花huā园yuán里lǐ的de草cǎo发fā芽yá了le。
The grass sprouts all over the garden.
蒜suàn头tóu发fā芽yá了le怎zěn么me办bàn?
What should one do with germinating garlic bulbs?
树shù木mù开kāi始shǐ抽chōu芽yá。
The trees have begun to bud.
因yīn为wèi啤pí酒jiǔ会huì根gēn据jù麦mài芽yá含hán量liàng去qù征zhēng税shuì,所suǒ以yǐ发fā泡pào酒jiǔ会huì比bǐ较jiào便pián宜yi。
Beer is taxed according to its malt content, so low-malt beer is cheaper.

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芽 yá · bud · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 芽.

萌芽méngyá(of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud
发芽fāyá(of a seed) to germinate; (of a plant) to sprout; to bud
麦芽màiyámalt

Questions about 芽

What does 芽 mean?

芽 (yá) means "bud; sprout" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 芽?

芽 is made of 1 character: 芽 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 芽 an HSK word?

Yes. 芽 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.