Definition

1. Verb:
   • To sprout: To begin to grow from a seed, producing a new, young plant.
   • To germinate: (Technical) The process by which a seed develops into a new plant, involving the emergence of a root and shoot.
   • To bud: To begin to develop or grow; often used figuratively for ideas or feelings beginning to form.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Hạt giống nảy mầm trong đất. (The seed germinates in the soil.)
  • Nước ấm làm thóc ngâm nảy mầm sớm. (The warm water in which the paddy is dipped rapidly sprouts it.)
  • Một ý tưởng mới nảy mầm trong đầu anh ấy. (A new idea sprouted in his mind.)

Advanced Usage

• Figurative Use: Used to describe the initial emergence or birth of an abstract concept, movement, or phenomenon.
  • Chủ nghĩa tư bản nảy mầm. (Capitalism began to sprout/germinate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự nảy mầm (n): Germination, sprouting.
  • Sự nảy mầm của hạt phụ thuộc vào nhiệt độ. (The germination of the seed depends on the temperature.)
• Khả năng nảy mầm (n): Germinative capacity, viability.
  • Khả năng nảy mầm của lô hạt giống này rất cao. (This batch of seeds has very high germinative capacity.)

Synonyms

• Germinate: To begin to grow and put out shoots after a period of dormancy.
• Sprout: To produce new leaves, buds, or shoots.
• Bud: To form or produce a bud; to begin to develop.

Related Idioms

• Nảy mầm ý tưởng: For an idea to sprout/bud.
  • Cuộc thảo luận đã giúp nảy mầm ý tưởng cho dự án. (The discussion helped sprout ideas for the project.)

1. Sprout, germinate, bud
   • Nước ấm làm thóc ngâm nảy mầm sớm
     The warm water in which the paddy is dipped rapidly sprouts it