mother; female elders; female

HSK 4 #565

DEFINITIONS

母 mǔ
  • mother
  • elderly female relative
  • origin
  • source
  • (of animals) female

STROKES

母 stroke order diagram
母 stroke order animation

WORDS

叔祖 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
线 mǔ xiàn generating line; generatrix (in geometry); bus (in electronics); bus bar
蜂 mǔ fēng queen bee
shēng mǔ consonant; the initial consonant (of a Chinese syllable)
yùn mǔ medial and final of a Chinese syllable (excluding initial consonant and tone); the rhyming part of a Chinese syllable; rhyme; vowel; character used in traditional phonetics to indicate value of rhyme; final sound; phoneme
zhàng mǔ wife's mother; mother-in-law
三十六字 sān shí liù zì mǔ thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
rǔ mǔ wet nurse
二重音 èr chóng mǔ yīn diphthong
wáng mǔ deceased mother
代替父 dài tì fù mǔ in place of sb's parents; in loco parentis (law)
伯叔祖 bó shū zǔ mǔ father's father's brother's wife; great aunt
bǎo mǔ variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3]
先大 xiān dà mǔ deceased paternal grandmother
儿不嫌丑,狗不嫌家贫 ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
兒不嫌醜,狗不嫌家貧 ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
俩 gōng mǔ liǎ husband and wife
倆 gōng mǔ liǎ husband and wife
再生父 zài shēng fù mǔ like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
细胞 luǎn mǔ xì bāo egg cell
細胞 luǎn mǔ xì bāo egg cell
叔丈 shū zhàng mǔ wife's aunt
异父 tóng mǔ yì fù (of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers; half (brother or sister)
異父 tóng mǔ yì fù (of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers; half (brother or sister)
同父异 tóng fù yì mǔ (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers; half (brother or sister)