发芽 fāyá to sprout Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents fāyá to sprout 发 發 fā verb to develop To develop; to expand; to rise (of bread or food) or grow (of buds or plants).芽 yá noun bud (bound form) bud; sprout; shoot; a tiny part on a seed or plant that will grow into a stem, leaf, or flowerfāyá to begin to develop 发 發 fā verb to develop To develop; to expand; to rise (of bread or food) or grow (of buds or plants).芽 yá to emerge (literary) to begin to happen; to start to develop; to germinate (of an idea, conflict, etc.)