| 萌 | [ méng ] to sprout, to bud, to have a strong affection for (slang), adorable (loanword from Japanese 萌え moe, slang describing affection for a cute character) |
| 萌動 | [ méng dòng ] to sprout, (fig.) to emerge |
| 萌渚嶺 | [ méng zhǔ lǐng ] Mengzhu mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi |
| 萌生 | [ méng shēng ] to burgeon, to produce, to conceive, to be in the initial stage |
| 萌發 | [ méng fā ] to sprout, to shoot, to bud |
| 萌芽 | [ méng yá ] to sprout (lit. or fig.), to bud, to germinate, germ, seed, bud |
| 萌萌噠 | [ méng méng dā ] (Internet slang) adorable, cute |
| ⇒ 呆萌 | [ daī méng ] endearingly silly |
| ⇒ 復萌 | [ fù méng ] to germinate again |
| ⇒ 故態復萌 | [ gù taì fù méng ] to revert to old ways |
| ⇒ 杜漸防萌 | [ dù jiān fáng méng ] to nip in the bud |
| ⇒ 舊態復萌 | [ jiù taì fù méng ] see 故態復萌|故态复萌[gu4 tai4 fu4 meng2] |
| ⇒ 萌萌噠 | [ méng méng dā ] (Internet slang) adorable, cute |
| ⇒ 裝萌 | [ zhuāng méng ] (slang) to act cute |
| ⇒ 賣萌 | [ maì méng ] (slang) to act cute |
| ⇒ 防患未萌 | [ fáng huàn weì méng ] to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud |