母

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 这是我母亲。

  Zhè shì wǒ mǔ qīn

  This is my mother.

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• 你母亲怎么样？

  Nǐ mǔ qīn zěn me yàng

  How is your mother?

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• 她比母亲高。

  Tā bǐ mǔ qīn gāo

  She's taller than her mother.

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• 我父母不在家。

  Wǒ fù mǔ bù zài jiā

  My parents aren't home.

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Words containing 母

• 父母fù mǔ 4–3 father and mother; parents
• 母亲mǔ qīn 3–1 mother; also pr. [mǔ qin]
• 字母zì mǔ 4–3 letter (of the alphabet)
• 母mǔ 3mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
• 母女mǔ nǚ 3–3 → 2–3mother and daughter; mother-daughter
• 祖母zǔ mǔ 3–3 → 2–3father's mother; paternal grandmother
• 母子mǔ zǐ 3–3 → 2–3mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest
• 母鸡mǔ jī 3–1 hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
• 母语mǔ yǔ 3–3 → 2–3native language; mother tongue; (linguistics) parent language
• 伯母bó mǔ 2–3 wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
• 岳母yuè mǔ 4–3 wife's mother, mother-in-law
• 继母jì mǔ 4–3 stepmother