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大妈

dà mā

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 大媽

大妈 (dà mā) means "father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 大妈 means

1. father's elder brother's wife
2. aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)

The characters in 大妈

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 妈māma; mom; mother

Example sentences

• 大妈, 我们给您拜年来啦！
  Auntie, we’ve come to wish you a Happy New Year.

Words containing 大妈

• 老大妈lǎo dà mā"Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman)

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