妈
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ma; mom; mother
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 女 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 媽
- Common rank
- #1,614
- Unicode
- U+5988
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Formation & memory
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Words with 妈
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妈妈 | mama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] | |
| 妈拉个巴子 | fuck!; motherfucker!; fucking | |
| 妈的法克 | motherfucker (loanword) | |
| 妈了个巴子 | fuck!; motherfucker!; fucking | |
| 事儿妈 | (coll.) fussbudget; pain in the ass | |
| 老妈子 | older female servant; amah | |
| 老大妈 | "Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman); CL:位[wei4] | |
| 大妈 | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) | |
| 小妈 | father's concubine; (coll.) stepmother (esp. a young stepmother) | |
| 老妈 | mother; mom | |
| 妈惹法克 | motherfucker (loanword) | |
| 阿妈 | grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse; amah; (Manchu) father | |
| 后妈 | (coll.) stepmother | |
| 干妈 | adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 单亲妈妈 | single mother | |
| 伯妈 | (dialect) wife of father's older brother; aunt | |
| 亲妈 | biological mother; real mom | |
| 妈宝 | mama's boy | |
| 宝妈 | a mom (mother of a young child) | |
| 妈的 | see 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 马 — compare how they read.