芽 ⇒
麦芽 màiyá, [麥芽], malt
芽 yá, bud/sprout
发芽 fāyá, [發芽], to germinate
萌芽 méngyá, to sprout (lit. or fig.)/to bud/to germinate/germ/seed/bud
豆芽 dòuyá, bean sprout
嫩芽 nènyá, soft shoot
麦芽糖 màiyátáng, [麥芽糖], maltose (sweet syrup)
出芽 胚芽 pēiyá, bud/sprout/germ
豆芽菜 dòuyácài, bean sprouts
芽孢
苗 ⇒
疫苗 yìmiáo, vaccine
苗条 miáotiao, [苗條], (of a woman) slim/slender/graceful
苗 Miáo/miáo, Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China/surname Miao, sprout
幼苗 yòumiáo, young sprout/bud/sapling/seedling
苗头 miáotou, [苗頭], first signs/development (of a situation)
火苗 huǒmiáo, flame
苗圃 MiáoPǔ/miáopǔ, Miao Pu (1977-), PRC actress, plant nursery/seedbed
树苗 shùmiáo, [樹苗], sapling
苗族 Miáozú, Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
苗子 miáozi, young successor/seedling/sapling
香苗 豆苗 dòumiáo, pea shoots/bean seedling
鱼苗 yúmiáo, [魚苗], fry/newly hatched fish
卡介苗 kǎjièmiáo, BCG vaccine/bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine
小苗 秧苗 yāngmiáo, seedling
独苗 dúmiáo, [獨苗], only child/sole scion
菜苗 苗家 Miáojiā, see 苗族[Miáo zú]
育苗 苗木 间苗 jiànmiáo, [間苗], thinning out seedlings