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姆

mǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 姆 means

1. oldfemale tutor
2. used in {保姆|bǎo mǔ}

Other readings

姆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• m̄used in {姆妈|m̄ mā}

Example sentences

• 汤姆！
  Tom!
• 汤姆？
  Tom?
• 杀汤姆。
  Kill Tom.
• 别理汤姆。
  Bié lǐ Tāngmǔ.
  Ignore Tom.
• 抱抱汤姆！
  Bàobào Tāngmǔ!
  Hug Tom.
• 汤姆缺席。
  Tom is absent.

Words starting with 姆

• 姆妈m̄ mā(dialect) mom; mother
• 姆巴巴内Mǔ bā bā nèiMbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini
• 姆拉迪奇Mǔ lā dí qíMladić (name); Ratko Mladić (1942-), army chief of Bosnian Serbs 1965-1996 and convicted…
• 姆佬Mǔ lǎoMulao ethnic group of Guangxi
• 姆佬族Mǔ lǎo zúMulao ethnic group of Guangxi

Words containing 姆

• 保姆bǎo mǔnanny; babysitter; housekeeper
• 萨达姆Sà dá mǔSaddam Hussein (1937–2006), president of Iraq 1979–2003
• 贝克汉姆Bèi kè hàn mǔBeckenham or Beckham (name); David Beckham (1975-), British midfield footballer
• 阿姆斯特丹Ā mǔ sī tè dānAmsterdam, capital of Netherlands
• 克里姆林宫Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōngthe Kremlin
• 尼姆Ní mǔNîmes (city in France)
• 山姆Shān mǔ(name) Sam
• 库姆Kù mǔQom (holy city in Iran)
• 欧姆ōu mǔ(loanword) ohm
• 米姆mǐ mǔmeme (loanword)
• 兰姆lán mǔrum (beverage) (loanword)
• 克林姆kè lín mǔcream (loanword)
• 塞勒姆Sài lè mǔSalem, capital of Oregon; Salem, city in Massachusetts; Salem, city in India
• 罗姆人Luó mǔ rénRomani, an ethnic group of Europe
• 罗姆酒luó mǔ jiǔ(loanword) rum
• 兰姆打lán mǔ dǎlambda (Greek letter Λλ)
• 兰姆达lán mǔ dálambda (Greek letter Λλ)
• 兰姆酒lán mǔ jiǔrum (beverage) (loanword)
• 阿希姆Ā xī mǔAskim (city in Østfold, Norway)
• 阿萨姆Ā sà mǔAssam, India
• 拉姆安拉Lā mǔ ān lāRamallah
• 临时保姆lín shí bǎo mǔtemporary caregiver; babysitter
• 阿姆哈拉Ā mǔ hā lāAmhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia); Amharic; Ethiopian
• 奥姆真理教Ào mǔ Zhēn lǐ jiàoAum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin…

Characters built on 母

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

• 毒dúpoison; to poison; poisonous
• 拇mǔthumb; big toe

Characters that look like 姆

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

• 均jūn(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 姻yīnmarriage connections
• 珊shāncoral
• 拇mǔthumb; big toe
• 绚xuànadorned; swift; gorgeous
• 坻chíislet; rock in river

Sounds the same

Read mǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 母mother; elderly female relative; origin
• 亩classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
• 姥governess; old woman
• 牡(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
• 拇thumb; big toe
• 牳(bovine)
• 𬭁used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 𧿹(bound form) big toe
• 畒old variant of 亩
• 娒variant of 姆