mǔ 
		mother
elderly female relative
origin
source
(of animals) female
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mǔ qīn 
		mother
also pr. [mu3 qin5]
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fù mǔ 
		father and mother
parents
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			mǔ tǐ 
		(zoology, medicine) mother's body
(chemistry etc) parent
matrix
(statistics) population
parent population
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zì mǔ 
		letter (of the alphabet)
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shēng mǔ 
		consonant
the initial consonant (of a Chinese syllable)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mǔ yǔ 
		native language
mother tongue
(linguistics) parent language
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shū mǔ 
		aunt
wife of father's younger brother
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mǔ zǐ 
		mother and child
parent and subsidiary (companies)
principal and interest
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shēng mǔ 
		natural mother
birth mother
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zǔ mǔ 
		father's mother
paternal grandmother
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shèng mǔ 
		Holy Mother
goddess
the Virgin Mary
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			fēn mǔ 
		denominator of a fraction
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yuè mǔ 
		wife's mother, mother-in-law
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bó mǔ 
		wife of father's elder brother
aunt
(polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			mǔ xiàn 
		generating line
generatrix (in geometry)
bus (in electronics)
bus bar
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			luó mǔ 
		nut (female component of nut and bolt)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			yì mǔ cǎo 
		motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			háng kōng mǔ jiàn 
		aircraft carrier
CL:艘[sou1]
(coll.) (fig.) sth huge
(like) a whale
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zhàng mǔ niáng 
		wife's mother
mother-in-law
same as 丈母
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			háng mǔ 
		aircraft carrier
abbr. for 航空母艦|航空母舰[hang2 kong1 mu3 jian4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			zì mǔ shùn xù 
		order of letters in an alphabet
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi mǔ 
		the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dà xiě zì mǔ 
		capital letters
uppercase letters
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			xián qī liáng mǔ 
		a good wife and loving mother