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异母

yì mǔ

2-character word Traditional 異母

What 异母 means

1. (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers

The characters in 异母

• 异yìdifferent; other; hetero-
• 母mǔmother; elderly female relative; origin

Example sentences

• 每次我坠入爱河，爸爸就告诉我那个女孩是我同父异母的妹妹。
  Měicì wǒ zhuìrù àihé, bàba jiù gàosu wǒ nàge nǚhái shì wǒ tóngfùyìmǔ de mèimei.
  Every time I fall in love, Dad tells me the girl is my half sister.

Words containing 异母

• 同父异母tóng fù yì mǔ(of a half-sibling) having the same father but different mother

Sounds the same

Read yì mǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 益母motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus)
• 义母adoptive mother