Chinese Word of the Day

母亲
mǔ qīn

mother

Definitions

Chinese > English
母亲
1. Simplified form of 母親
母親	mǔqīn
1. n. (formal) mother
English > Chinese
mother
1. 名词. 母亲，妈妈
2. 名词. （对女修道院院长的尊称）
3. 名词. (喻)源泉，发源地，起源
4. 动词. (及物動詞) 当作母亲；养育
5. 名词. 最大的，最伟大的，最显著的
Components
母	mǔ
1. mother
父母 - father and mother
母子 - mother and son
Antonyms: 父
2. (Used to address a female elder member of a family.)
姑母 - father's sister
祖母 - grandmother
Antonyms: 父
3. (of animal) female
母牛 - female cow
Synonyms: 雌
Antonyms: 公
4. pertaining to origin
母校 - alma mater
亲
1. Variant of 親
2. Variant of 辛
親	qìng
1. Simplified form of 嚫
辛	xīn
1. spicy; hot; pungent
辛辣 - spicy -
2. hard; laborious; toilsome
辛苦 - laborious -
3. sorrowful; miserable; hard
辛酸 - bitter -
辛 ^棄-疾 - (Xin Qiji, Xin Qiji - (Chinese poet during the Southern Song dynasty))
4. eighth of the ten heavenly stems
5. (in a list) eighth; number 8; VIII
6. (organic chemistry) octa-
7. (mathematics, attributive) symplectic
8. Used in transcription