bean sprout

See also: beansprout

English

Alternative forms

• beansprout

Noun

soybean sprouts in supermarket packaging

bean sprout (plural bean sprouts)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the mung bean.

   Bean sprouts are a nutritious vegetarian ingredient for stir-fry.

2. (chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the soybean.
3. (chiefly in the plural) A sprout of any of several other species of bean

Translations

a sprout of the mung bean

• Burmese: ပဲပင်ပေါက် (my) (pai:pangpauk)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 綠豆芽 / 绿豆芽 (luk⁶ dau⁶ ngaa⁴), 豆芽 (dau⁶ ngaa⁴), 芽菜 (ngaa⁴ coi³)

  Hokkien: 豆青 (tāu-chheⁿ, tāu-chhiⁿ)

  Mandarin: 綠豆芽 / 绿豆芽 (lǜdòuyá), 豆芽 (zh) (dòuyá)

• Dutch: taugé (nl) n
• French: graine germée (fr) f
• German: Sprosse (de) f
• Gujarati: મગનો ફણગો (magno phaṇgo)
• Indonesian: tauge (id)
• Japanese: もやし (ja) (moyashi)
• Khmer: សណ្ដែកបណ្ដុះ (sɑndaek bɑndoh)
• Korean: 숙주나물 (sukjunamul)
• Maori: pihi pīni
• Portuguese: broto de feijão m
• Russian: проро́сток (ru) m (proróstok)
• Spanish: brote (es) m
• Swedish: böngrodd (sv) c
• Thai: ถั่วงอก (th) (tùua-ngɔ̂ɔk)
• Vietnamese: giá đỗ, giá (vi)
• Welsh: eginyn ffeuen m

a sprout of the soybean

• Korean: 콩나물 (ko) (kongnamul)
• Thai: ถั่วงอกหัวโต, ถั่วเหลืองงอก
• Welsh: eginyn ffeuen m

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• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芽菜 (ngaa⁴ coi³), 豆芽 (dau⁶ ngaa⁴), 豆芽菜 (dau⁶ ngaa⁴ coi³)

  Hokkien: 豆菜 (tāu-chhài), 豆芽 (tāu-gê), 豆菜芽 (tāu-chhài-gê)

  Mandarin: 芽菜 (zh) (yácài), 豆芽 (zh) (dòuyá), 豆芽菜 (zh) (dòuyácài)

• Dutch: taugé (nl)
• French: graine germée (fr) f
• German: Sojasprossen f pl
• Korean: 콩나물 (ko) (kongnamul)
• Malay: tauge
• Maori: pihi pīni, pihi pīni
• Russian: проро́сток (ru) m (proróstok)
• Spanish: brotes de soja m pl, dientes de dragón m pl, frijolitos chinos m pl