萌 Definitions — Dong Chinese Dictionary

méng HSK7

bud

萌 méng

cute verb: adorable or cute, typically referring to slang usage derived from Japanese 'moe'; 这只小猫看起来特别萌。

zhè zhī xiǎo māo kàn qilai tèbié méng.

This kitten looks incredibly cute.

sprout verb: to sprout or bud, often used in a bound form referring to the beginning of growth; 春雨润物，百草皆萌。

chūnyǔ rùn wù, bǎi cǎo jiē méng.

The spring rain moistens the earth, and all the plants begin to sprout.

Cross-References

Variant of

氓 méng

Frequency

Character

Written text: 2,879th most common 11.5 per million
Movie subtitles: 3,354th most common 1.88 per million appears in 1% of films

Word

Movie subtitles: 1.10 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text: 81.8 per million

Details

HSK 2.0: Level 6
HSK 3.0: Level 7
Strokes: 11
Unicode: U+840C

Sources

Definitions: CC-CEDICT
Frequency data: MTSU Chinese text computing SUBTLEX-CH BCC Corpus (BLCU)