姆
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(old) female tutor; used in 保姆[bao3 mu3]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 姆
- Common rank
- #854
- Unicode
- U+59C6
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Formation & memory
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Words with 姆
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉姆安拉 | Ramallah | |
| 格里姆斯塔 | Grimstad (city in Agder, Norway) | |
| 库尔特·瓦尔德海姆 | Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-… | |
| 姆巴巴内 | Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini | |
| 米特·罗姆尼 | Mitt Romney (1947-), US Republican contender 2012 | |
| 罗姆人 | Romani, an ethnic group of Europe | |
| 阿姆哈拉 | Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia); Amharic; Ethiopian | |
| 布鲁姆斯伯里 | Bloomsbury, London district | |
| 克林姆 | cream (loanword) | |
| 阿姆斯特丹 | Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands | |
| 格拉汉姆 | Graham or Graeme (name) | |
| 阿姆河 | Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary… | |
| 古根海姆 | Guggenheim (name) | |
| 兰姆打 | lambda (Greek letter Λλ) | |
| 卡拉姆昌德 | Karamchand (name) | |
| 克里姆林宫 | the Kremlin | |
| 木卡姆 | muqam, any of a set of 12 melody types used in the music of the Uyghurs | |
| 汤姆·克兰西 | Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author | |
| 临时保姆 | temporary caregiver; babysitter | |
| 罗姆酒 | (loanword) rum |
Sound family
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