The Chinese word for mother is
母亲
mǔ qīn
Chinese Definition
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Translations for 亲 and their definitions
| 母親 | |
| 1. n. (formal) mother |
| 母亲 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 母親 |
| 母 | |
| 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 |
| 媽媽 | |
| 1. n. (informal) mum (mom); mama | |
| 遵守 媽媽ma 的 叮嚀 - to follow mum's advice | |
| 媽媽ma 的 味道 - the taste of mum's cooking | |
| 媽媽ma 總是 向著着zhe 妹妹mei。 - Mum always favours my younger sister. | |
| 你 這麼 淘氣，媽媽ma 不 擔心 才怪！ - You are such a naughty kid. It'd be surprising if your mum were not worried. | |
| 我 一輩子zi 都 被 媽媽ma 監視。 - Mum has kept tabs on me all my life. | |
| 2. n. (dialectal, colloquial) breast | |
| 3. n. (Min Bei, Ninghua Hakka, dialectal Wu, Fuliang Huizhou) paternal grandmother | |
| 4. n. (Min Bei) mother-in-law (husband's mother) |
| 妈妈 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 媽媽 |
| 娘 | |
| 1. woman, especially a young girl | |
| 姑娘niang - girl | |
| 2. (colloquial) mother; ma | |
| 3. wife of another person | |
| 三 伯、三 伯 娘 - father's third elder brother; wife of a father's third elder brother | |
| 4. elderly lady | |
| 5. (religion) "The Lady" (an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖) | |
| 6. (usually derogatory of a man or a boy) girly; effeminate; feminine | |
| 娘炮 - sissy | |
| 7. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 娘 | |
| 8. (Cantonese) old-fashioned |
| 媽 | |
| 1. mom; mum: an affectionate term for a mother | |
| 我 的 媽 呀！ - Oh my God! Literally: Oh my Mom! | |
| 2. (usually with qualifier) other older female relatives or house-servants | |
| 3. (religion) "The Mother", an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (tr=-). | |
| 4. (obsolete, hapax legomenon) mare; female horse |
| 妈 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 媽 |
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