父母

Character by character

• 父fù4 strokesHSK 3father; Kangxi radical 88
• 母mǔ5 strokesHSK 3mother; female elders; female

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我父母不在家。

  Wǒ fù mǔ bù zài jiā

  My parents aren't home.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 父母. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 父亲fù qīnHSK 3

  father; also pr. [fù qin]

• 母亲mǔ qīnHSK 3

  mother; also pr. [mǔ qin]

• 母mǔHSK 6

  mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female

• 字母zì mǔHSK 4

  letter (of the alphabet)

• 师父shī fuHSK 6

  used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker

• 父子fù zǐHSK 6

  father and son

• 祖父zǔ fùHSK 6

  father's father; paternal grandfather

• 母女mǔ nǚHSK 6

  mother and daughter; mother-daughter

• 祖母zǔ mǔHSK 6

  father's mother; paternal grandmother

• 母子mǔ zǐHSK 6

  mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest

• 父女fù nǚHSK 6

  father and daughter

• 岳父yuè fùHSK 7

  wife's father, father-in-law

• 母鸡mǔ jīHSK 6

  hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)

• 岳母yuè mǔHSK 7

  wife's mother, mother-in-law

• 继父jì fùHSK 7

  stepfather

• 母语mǔ yǔ

  native language; mother tongue; (linguistics) parent language

• 继母jì mǔHSK 7

  stepmother

• 伯父bó fùHSK 7

  father's elder brother; term of respect for older man

• 伯母bó mǔHSK 7

  wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)