bean sprout

See also: beansprout

English

Alternative forms

beansprout

Noun

soybean sprouts in supermarket packaging

bean sprout (plural bean sprouts)

(chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the mung bean.
Bean sprouts are a nutritious vegetarian ingredient for stir-fry.
(chiefly in the plural) A sprout of the soybean.
(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

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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