Keyword
mother
- mama
- Frequency
- #575
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
mā100%
Mnemonic
女 (woman) gives the meaning and 马 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
妈妈
mama; mommy; mother
妈
ma; mom; mother
他妈的
(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking
大妈
father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
老妈
mother; mom
爸妈
dad and mom
妈咪
mommy (loanword)
姨妈
(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt
姑妈
(coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt
妈祖
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
奶妈
wet nurse
舅妈
(coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife
后妈
(coll.) stepmother
干妈
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
辣妈
(coll.) hot mom
准妈妈
mother-to-be
老妈子
older female servant; amah
大姨妈
mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
亲妈
biological mother; real mom
阿妈
grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse; amah; (Manchu) father
婆婆妈妈
effeminate; old-womanish; garrulous; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive; maudlin
小妈
father's concubine; (coll.) stepmother (esp. a young stepmother)
老大妈
"Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
姆妈
(dialect) mom; mother