mǔ
mother
elderly female relative
origin
source
(of animals) female
niáng
mother
young lady
(coll.) effeminate
mǔ qīn
mother
also pr. [mu3 qin5]
CL:個|个[ge4]
mā ma
mama
mommy
mother
CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
mǔ yǔ
native language
mother tongue
(linguistics) parent language
mǔ zǐ
mother and child
parent and subsidiary (companies)
principal and interest
shì
to rely on
mother (formal)
dà fāng
expert
scholar
mother earth
a type of green tea
fù mǔ
father and mother
parents
mǔ tǐ
(zoology, medicine) mother's body
(chemistry etc) parent
matrix
(statistics) population
parent population
shēng mǔ
natural mother
birth mother
zǔ mǔ
father's mother
paternal grandmother
Shèng mǔ
Holy Mother
goddess
the Virgin Mary
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]
lǎo nǎi nai
(coll.) father's father's mother
paternal great-grandmother
respectful form of address for an old woman
zào huà
good luck
Nature (as the mother of all things)
pó
grandmother
matron
mother-in-law
niáng jiā
mother's house (of married woman)
jiù jiu
mother's brother
maternal uncle (informal)
CL:個|个[ge4]
lǎo lao
(coll.) mother's mother
maternal grandmother
gū
paternal aunt
husband's sister
husband's mother (old)
nun
for the time being (literary)
lǎo niáng
my old mother
I, this old woman
my old lady (colloquial)
maternal grandmother
midwife
wài pó
(coll.) mother's mother
maternal grandmother
ā yí
maternal aunt
step-mother
childcare worker
nursemaid
woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
CL:個|个[ge4]
zhàng mǔ niáng
wife's mother
mother-in-law
same as 丈母
yí mā
(coll.) mother's sister
maternal aunt
pó po
husband's mother
mother-in-law
grandma
wài gōng
(coll.) mother's father
maternal grandfather
bèi ké
shell
conch
cowry
mother of pearl
hard outer skin
also pr. [bei4 qiao4]
niáng niang
queen
empress
imperial concubine
Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
mother
aunt
yáo
jade
precious stone
mother-of-pearl
nacre
precious
used a complementary honorific
suǒ shēng
parents (father and mother)
ā mā
grandma (paternal) (Tw)
(dialect) mother
nurse
amah
(Manchu) father
lǎo tài tai
elderly lady (respectful)
esteemed mother
CL:位[wei4]
yí fu
mother's sister's husband
husband of mother's sister
zhù chǎn
to help a mother give birth
xián qī liáng mǔ
a good wife and loving mother
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