| 芽 | [ yá ] bud, sprout |
| 芽苗 | [ yá ] a shoot, a sprout, a seedling |
| ⇒ 側芽 | [ cè yá ] axillary bud |
| ⇒ 催芽 | [ cuī yá ] to promote germination |
| ⇒ 嫩芽 | [ nèn yá ] soft shoot |
| ⇒ 小麥胚芽 | [ maì peī yá ] wheat germ |
| ⇒ 新芽 | [ xīn yá ] sprout, bud |
| ⇒ 月芽 | [ yuè yá ] variant of 月牙[yue4 ya2] |
| ⇒ 滋芽 | [ zī yá ] (dialect) to sprout, to germinate |
| ⇒ 球芽甘藍 | [ qiú yá gān lán ] Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera) |
| ⇒ 發芽 | [ fā yá ] to germinate |
| ⇒ 肉毒梭狀芽孢桿菌 | [ roù dú suō zhuàng yá baō gǎn jūn ] Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection) |
| ⇒ 胚芽 | [ peī yá ] bud, sprout, germ |
| ⇒ 胚芽米 | [ peī yá mǐ ] semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ) |
| ⇒ 胚芽鞘 | [ peī yá ] coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany) |
| ⇒ 腋芽 | [ yè yá ] axillary bud, bud growing from axil of plant |
| ⇒ 萌芽 | [ méng yá ] to sprout (lit. or fig.), to bud, to germinate, germ, seed, bud |
| ⇒ 蠟樣芽孢桿菌 | [ là yàng yá baō gǎn jūn ] (microbiology) Bacillus cereus |
| ⇒ 豆芽 | [ doù yá ] bean sprout |
| ⇒ 豆芽菜 | [ doù yá caì ] bean sprouts |
| ⇒ 頂芽 | [ dǐng yá ] terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant) |
| ⇒ 麥芽 | [ maì yá ] malt |
| ⇒ 麥芽糊精 | [ maì yá hú jīng ] maltodextrin |
| ⇒ 麥芽糖 | [ maì yá táng ] maltose (sweet syrup) |
| ⇒ 麥芽糖醇 | [ maì yá táng chún ] maltitol, a sugar alcohol |