Keyword
mother
- female elders
- female
- Frequency
- #618
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
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Mnemonic
A mother's breasts
Stroke order
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
母亲
mother
父母
father and mother; parents
母
mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
字母
letter (of the alphabet)
航母
aircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母舰 (hángkōngmǔjiàn))
圣母
the Virgin Mary
祖母
father's mother; paternal grandmother
母语
native language; mother tongue; (linguistics) parent language
母乳
breast milk
母子
mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest
母女
mother and daughter; mother-daughter
继母
stepmother
母体
(zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent; matrix; (statistics) population; parent population
航空母舰
aircraft carrier (CL:艘 (sōu)); (fig.) juggernaut
生母
natural mother; birth mother
水母
jellyfish; medusa
祖父母
paternal grandparents
母公司
parent company
岳母
wife's mother; mother-in-law
母鸡
hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
老母
(coll.) mother; mom; (literary) elderly mother
丈母娘
wife's mother; mother-in-law
母校
alma mater
酵母
yeast; saccharomycete (abbr. for 酵母菌 (jiàomǔjūn))