English
Alternative forms
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 any of several other species of bean
Translations
a sprout grown out of a bean
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 綠豆芽, 绿豆芽 (luk6 dau6 ngaa4), 豆芽 (dau6 ngaa4)
- Mandarin: 綠豆芽, 绿豆芽 (lǜdòuyá), 豆芽 (zh) (dòuyá)
- Min Nan: 豆青 (tāu-chheⁿ, tāu-chhiⁿ)
- Dutch: sproutje n
- French: graine germée (fr) f
- German: Sprosse (de) f
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the vegetarian food
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 芽菜 (ngaa4 coi3), 豆芽 (dau6 ngaa4), 豆芽菜 (dau6 ngaa4 coi3)
- Mandarin: 芽菜 (zh) (yácài), 豆芽 (zh) (dòuyá), 豆芽菜 (zh) (dòuyácài)
- Min Nan: 豆菜 (tāu-chhài), 豆芽 (tāu-gê), 豆菜芽 (tāu-chhài-gê)
- Dutch: taugé
- French: graine germée (fr) f
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- German: Sojasprossen f pl
- Korean:
- Maori: pihi pīni
- Russian: проро́сток (ru) m (proróstok)
- Spanish: brotes de soja m pl, dientes de dragón m pl, frijolitos chinos m pl
- Thai: ถั่วงอก
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