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母

mǔ

HSK 4 Character

What 母 means

1. mother
2. elderly female relative
3. origin
4. source
5. (of animals) female

Example sentences

• 我写字母。
  I write letters.
• 听父母的。
  Obey your parents.
• 狐狸吃母鸡。
  Húli chī mǔjī.
  Foxes eat hens.
• 母牛流产了。
  Mǔ niú liúchǎn le.
  The cow cast a calf.
• 母亲节快乐!
  Mǔqīnjié kuàilè!
  Happy Mother's Day!
• 这是我母亲。
  This is my mother.

Words starting with 母

• 母亲mǔ qīnmother
• 母语mǔ yǔnative language; mother tongue; (linguistics) parent language
• 母校mǔ xiàoalma mater
• 母子mǔ zǐmother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest
• 母女mǔ nǚmother and daughter; mother-daughter
• 母鸡mǔ jīhen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
• 母爱mǔ àimaternal love
• 母亲节Mǔ qīn jiéMother's Day
• 母乳mǔ rǔbreast milk
• 母公司mǔ gōng sīparent company
• 母体mǔ tǐ(zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent; matrix
• 母亲河mǔ qīn hélifeline river; river regarded as the cradle of a civilization
• 母系mǔ xìmaternal; matriarchal
• 母老虎mǔ lǎo hǔtigress; (fig.) fierce woman; vixen
• 母上mǔ shàng(slang) mother; mom (from Japanese 母上 "haha-ue")
• 母后mǔ hòu(historical) form of address used by an emperor or imperial children for their mother…
• 母哈mǔ hāfemale husky (dog)
• 母国mǔ guómotherland; home country
• 母带mǔ dàimaster tape
• 母星mǔ xīng(science fiction) home planet; (astronomy) parent star
• 母本mǔ běn(genetics) female parent
• 母板mǔ bǎnmotherboard
• 母机mǔ jīmachine tool; mother ship
• 母球mǔ qiúcue ball (in billiards)

Words containing 母

• 父母fù mǔfather and mother; parents
• 字母zì mǔletter (of the alphabet)
• 伯母bó mǔwife of father's elder brother; aunt…
• 祖母zǔ mǔfather's mother; paternal grandmother
• 圣母shèng mǔgoddess
• 父母亲fù mǔ qīnparents
• 岳母yuè mǔwife's mother, mother-in-law
• 师母shī mǔterm of respect for a teacher's wife
• 丈母娘zhàng mǔ niángwife's mother; mother-in-law
• 老母lǎo mǔ(colloquial) mother; mom; (literary) elderly mother
• 继母jì mǔstepmother
• 外祖母wài zǔ mǔmother's mother; maternal grandmother
• 航空母舰háng kōng mǔ jiànaircraft carrier; (fig.) juggernaut
• 航母háng mǔaircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母舰
• 韵母yùn mǔthe final of a Chinese syllable…
• 姑母gū mǔfather's sister; paternal aunt
• 巴黎圣母院Bā lí Shèng mǔ yuànNotre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)
• 生母shēng mǔnatural mother; birth mother
• 慈母cí mǔwarm, caring mother
• 贤妻良母xián qī liáng mǔa good wife and loving mother
• 舅母jiù mǔwife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife
• 祖父母zǔ fù mǔpaternal grandparents
• 养母yǎng mǔfoster mother; adoptive mother
• 后母hòu mǔstepmother

Characters that look like 母

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

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 网wǎngnet; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
• 曲qǔtune; song
• 匈XiōngHungary; Hungarian; abbr. for 匈牙利
• 毋wú(literary) no; don't; to not have
• 刍chúto mow or cut grass; hay; straw

Sounds the same

Read mǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 姆(old) female tutor; used in 保姆
• 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