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妈

mā

HSK 1 Character Traditional 媽

What 妈 means

1. ma
2. mom
3. mother

Example sentences

• 妈的！
  Fuck!
• 操你妈！
  Fuck your mother!
• 他妈的！
  Fuck you!
• 干你妈！
  Fuck you!
• 操你妈。
  Fuck your mom.
• 我爱我爸妈
  Wǒ ài wǒ bàmā
  I love my parents.

Words starting with 妈

• 妈妈mā mamama; mommy; mother
• 妈咪mā mimommy (loanword)
• 妈祖Mā zǔMatsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
• 妈的法克mā de fǎ kèmotherfucker (loanword)
• 妈了个巴子mā le ge bā zifuck!; motherfucker!; fucking
• 妈拉个巴子mā lā ge bā zifuck!; motherfucker!; fucking
• 妈宝mā bǎomama's boy
• 妈卖批mā mài pī(vulgar) your mom's a prostitute (from Sichuan pronunciation of 妈卖屄
• 妈妈桑mā ma sāng(from Japanese "mama-san") female manager of a hostess club, brothel or similar…
• 妈惹法克mā rě fǎ kèmotherfucker (loanword)
• 妈的mā desee 他妈的

Words containing 妈

• 老妈lǎo māmother; mom
• 他妈的tā mā de(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking
• 爸妈bà mādad and mom
• 大妈dà māfather's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
• 姨妈yí mā(colloquial) mother's sister; maternal aunt
• 姑妈gū mā(colloquial) father's married sister; paternal aunt
• 舅妈jiù mā(colloquial) aunt; maternal uncle's wife
• 后妈hòu mā(colloquial) stepmother
• 阿妈ā māgrandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse
• 奶妈nǎi māwet nurse
• 干妈gān māadoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
• 婆婆妈妈pó po mā māeffeminate; old-womanish; garrulous
• 姆妈m̄ mā(dialect) mom; mother
• 老妈子lǎo mā ziolder female servant; amah
• 老大妈lǎo dà mā"Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
• 你妈nǐ mā(interjection) fuck you; (intensifier) fucking
• 小妈xiǎo māfather's concubine; (colloquial) stepmother (esp. a young stepmother)
• 事儿妈shì r mā(colloquial) fussbudget; pain in the ass
• 准妈妈zhǔn mā mamother-to-be
• 伯妈bó mā(dialect) wife of father's older brother; aunt
• 亲妈qīn mābiological mother; real mom
• 宝妈bǎo māa mom (mother of a young child)
• 娘妈niáng mā(colloquial) woman
• 契妈qì māadoptive mother

Characters built on 马

These share the phonetic component 马 (mǎ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 吗ma(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
• 码mǎ(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number
• 玛mǎused in 玛瑙
• 骂màto scold; to abuse; to curse
• 蚂māused in 蚂螂
• 犸mǎused in 猛犸; Taiwan pr. mà
• 杩màheadboard

Characters that look like 妈

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 删shānto delete
• 妨fángto hinder; (in the negative or interrogative) (no) harm; (what) harm
• 劫jiéto rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 坞wù(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier; (literary) small castle; fort
• 妖yāogoblin; witch; devil
• 犸mǎused in 猛犸; Taiwan pr. mà

Sounds the same

Read mā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蚂used in 蚂螂
• 摩used in 摩挲
• 抹to wipe