| 1 | 芽 | 芽 | yá | ya2 | bud; sprout | | |
| 2 | 萌芽 | 萌芽 | méng yá | meng2 ya2 | to sprout (lit. or fig.); to bud; to germinate; germ; seed; bud | | |
| 3 | 发芽 | 發芽 | fā yá | fa1 ya2 | to germinate | | |
| 4 | 蜡样芽孢杆菌 | 蠟樣芽孢桿菌 | là yàng yá bāo gǎn jūn | la4 yang4 ya2 bao1 gan3 jun1 | (microbiology) Bacillus cereus | | |
| 5 | 滋芽 | 滋芽 | zī yá | zi1 ya2 | (dialect) to sprout; to germinate | | |
| 6 | 侧芽 | 側芽 | cè yá | ce4 ya2 | axillary bud | | |
| 7 | 腋芽 | 腋芽 | yè yá | ye4 ya2 | axillary bud; bud growing from axil of plant | | |
| 8 | 芽苗 | 芽苗 | yá miáo | ya2 miao2 | a shoot; a sprout; a seedling | | |
| 9 | 新芽 | 新芽 | xīn yá | xin1 ya2 | sprout; bud | | |
| 10 | 小麦胚芽 | 小麥胚芽 | xiǎo mài pēi yá | xiao3 mai4 pei1 ya2 | wheat germ | | |
| 11 | 肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌 | 肉毒梭狀芽孢桿菌 | ròu dú suō zhuàng yá bāo gǎn jūn | rou4 du2 suo1 zhuang4 ya2 bao1 gan3 jun1 | Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection) | | |
| 12 | 球芽甘蓝 | 球芽甘藍 | qiú yá gān lán | qiu2 ya2 gan1 lan2 | Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. var. gemmifera) | | |
| 13 | 胚芽鞘 | 胚芽鞘 | pēi yá qiào | pei1 ya2 qiao4 | coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany) | | |
| 14 | 胚芽米 | 胚芽米 | pēi yá mǐ | pei1 ya2 mi3 | semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ) | | |
| 15 | 胚芽 | 胚芽 | pēi yá | pei1 ya2 | bud; sprout; germ | | |
| 16 | 嫩芽 | 嫩芽 | nèn yá | nen4 ya2 | soft shoot | | |
| 17 | 麦芽糖醇 | 麥芽糖醇 | mài yá táng chún | mai4 ya2 tang2 chun2 | maltitol, a sugar alcohol | | |
| 18 | 麦芽糖 | 麥芽糖 | mài yá táng | mai4 ya2 tang2 | maltose (sweet syrup) | | |
| 19 | 麦芽糊精 | 麥芽糊精 | mài yá hú jīng | mai4 ya2 hu2 jing1 | maltodextrin | | |
| 20 | 麦芽 | 麥芽 | mài yá | mai4 ya2 | malt | | |
| 21 | 花芽 | 花芽 | huā yá | hua1 ya2 | Flower buds | | |
| 22 | 遏其萌芽 | 遏其萌芽 | è qí méng yá | e4 qi2 meng2 ya2 | to nip in the bud (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 豆芽菜 | 豆芽菜 | dòu yá cài | dou4 ya2 cai4 | bean sprouts | | |
| 24 | 豆芽 | 豆芽 | dòu yá | dou4 ya2 | bean sprout | | |
| 25 | 顶芽 | 頂芽 | dǐng yá | ding3 ya2 | terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant) | | |