Phrase guide

mung bean

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmʌŋ ˌbiːn/
  • /ˈmʊŋ ˌbiːn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Seed of Vigna radiata, native to South Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: matpe bean, mung, mongo, moong, mash, maash, mash bean, munggo, monggo, green gram, golden gram, green soy

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mung, green gram, golden gram, Vigna radiata, Phaseolus aureus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legume, leguminous plant

History

Etymology

From Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga, “mung bean”), via Hindi.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَاش (māš) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Azerbaijani: maş — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Bengali: মুগ (mug) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Burmese: ပဲတီစိမ်း (pai:ticim:) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Burmese: ပဲတီ (pai:ti) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Burmese: ပဲနောက် (pai:nauk) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Catalan: mongeta mung — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Cebuano: munggos — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Chinese Cantonese: 綠豆 /绿豆 — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Chinese Mandarin: 綠豆 /绿豆 (lǜdòu) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ntsandzi — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Czech: mungo fazole — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Danish: mungbønne — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Dhivehi: ނޫމުގު (nūmugu) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Dutch: mungboon — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Esperanto: mungfabo — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Finnish: mungpapu — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Finnish: mungopapu — seed of Vigna radiata
  • French: haricot mungo — seed of Vigna radiata
  • French: ambérique verte — seed of Vigna radiata
  • German: Mungbohne — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Gujarati: મગ (mag) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Hebrew: מש — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Hindi: मूँग (mūṅg) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Hungarian: mungóbab — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Indonesian: kacang hijau — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Ilocano: balatong — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Ilocano: munggo — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Italian: fagiolo mungo — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Italian: fagiolo mungo verde — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Japanese: 緑豆 (ryokutō) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Javanese: ꦏꦕꦁꦲꦶꦗꦺꦴ (kacang ijo) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Limos Kalinga: balatung — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Kannada: ಹೆಸರು ಕಾಳು (hesaru kāḷu) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Kapampangan: balatung — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Karakalpak: мәш — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Karao: monggo — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Kazakh: мәш (mäş) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Khmer: សណ្ដែកបាយ (sɑndaek baay) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Korean: 녹두 (nokdu) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Central Kurdish: مَاش — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Northern Kurdish: maş — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Makassar: balatung — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Malay: kacang hijau — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Malayalam: ചെറുപയർ (ceṟupayaṟ) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Marathi: मूग (mūg) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Nepali: मुगी (mugī) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Odia: ମୁଗ (muga) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Persian: ماش (mâš) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Polish: fasola złota — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Portuguese: feijão-mungo — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Portuguese: feijão mungu — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Punjabi: ਮੂੰਗੀ (mūṅgī) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Romanian: maș (Moldova) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Russian: маш (maš) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Sanskrit: मूर्ख (mūrkha) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Sinhalese: මුංඇට (muṁæṭa) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Spanish: mongo — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Spanish: poroto mung — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Spanish: alubia mung — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Swahili: mchoroko — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Swedish: mungböna — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Tagalog: munggo — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Tagalog: balatong — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Tamil: பாசிப் பயறு (pācip payaṟu) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Tamil: பாசிப்பயிறு (pācippayiṟu) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Tamil: பச்சைப் பயறு (paccaip payaṟu) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Tamil: சிறுபயறு (ciṟupayaṟu) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Telugu: పెసలు (pesalu) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Thai: ถั่วเขียว (tùua-kǐao) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Tibetan: སྲན་ལྗང (sran ljang) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Turkish: maş — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Ottoman Turkish: ماش (maş) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Ukrainian: маш (maš) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Urdu: مونگ (mūṅg) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Uzbek: мош (mosh) — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Vietnamese: đậu xanh — seed of Vigna radiata
  • Waray-Waray: munggu — seed of Vigna radiata