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芽 yá

bud, shoot, sprout

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 6
Radical
艹
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 艹牙 ⿱艹牙

Memory hint: plant

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  1. 妈妈买了一些豆芽做菜。
    Māma mǎile yìxiē dòuyá zuò cài.
    Mom bought some bean sprouts to cook.
    mom buy(ed) some bean-sprout make dish
  2. 树枝上的新芽长出来了吗？
    Shùzhī shàng de xīn yá zhǎng chūlái le ma?
    Have the new buds on the branches grown out yet?
    tree-branch on (particle) new bud grow out-come (particle) (question)
  3. 我们种点豆芽吧。
    Wǒmen zhòng diǎn dòuyá ba.
    Let's grow some bean sprouts.
    we plant a-bit bean-sprout (suggestion)
  4. 这盆花还没发芽。
    Zhè pén huā hái méi fāyá.
    This potted flower hasn't sprouted yet.
    this (measure) pot flower still not sprout
  5. 春雨过后，树上的嫩芽一夜之间冒了出来。
    Chūnyǔ guòhòu, shù shàng de nènyá yíyè zhījiān màole chūlái.
    After the spring rain, tender buds appeared on the trees overnight.
    spring-rain after, tree on (particle) tender-bud one-night between emerge(ed) out-come

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