Mung Bean - Common Names

Common Names

Mung beans are known under a variety of names in different languages:

• Assamese: mugu dali, mogu dail
• Bengali: moog dal, moog, moong, or mongo
• Chinese: 绿豆/綠豆 (Pinyin: lǜdòu, Jyutping: luk6dau6, means "green bean")
• Burmese: pe nauk (ပဲနောက်) or pe ti (ပဲတီ)
• East Timor: monggo or munggo
• Cebuano: munggus
• Chamorro: munggo
• Gujarati: mag (મગ)
• Hebrew: maash (מש)
• Hindi: mūṅg (मूँग)
• Indonesian: kacang hijau, katjang Idju or kacang ijo (Javanese)
• Kannada: hesaru kaalu (ಹೆಸರು ಕಾಳು)
• Korean language: nokdu (녹두)
• Malayalam: cherupayar or cheru payaru
• Marathi: moog dal, moog, moong, or mongo
• Urdu: maash (ماش), moong (مونگ)
• Pashto: mai (مۍ)
• Persian: maash (ماش)
• Punjabi: moongi
• Sinhala: mung eta (මුo ඇට)
• Spanish: frijol mungo or poroto chino
• Swahili: choroko
• Tagalog: monggo or munggo
• Tamil:pachaippayaru (பச்சைப்பயறு), pāciparuppu (பாசிபருப்பு)
• Telugu: pesara (పెసర)
• Turkish: mash fasulyesi (maş)
• Vietnamese: đậu xanh

Mung bean sprouts are known as the following:

• Burmese: pe ti pin pauk (ပဲတီပင်ပေါက်)
• Chinese: 芽菜 (Pinyin: yácài, Jyutping: ngaa4coi3, means "sprout vegetable"), or 银芽/銀芽 (Pinyin: yínyá, Jyutping: ngan4ngaa4, means "silver sprouts"), and 豆芽 (Pinyin: dòuyá, Jyutping: dau6ngaa4)
• Dutch: tauge
• Cebuano: togé
• Hokkien: tāu-gê
• Indonesian: tauge or kecambah
• Japanese: 萌やし (moyashi)
• Korean: sukju namul
• Malay: tauge
• Singlish: tauge
• Sinhala: mung biija (මුo බීජ)
• Spanish: frijolitos chinos or diente de dragón
• Tagalog: togue
• Thai: thua-ngok (ถั่วงอก)
• Turkish: "mash filizi" (maş)
• Vietnamese: giá đậu or giá đỗ