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父母

fù mǔ

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

父母 (fù mǔ) means "father and mother; parents". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 父母 means

1. father and mother; parents

The characters in 父母

• 父fù(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation…
• 母mǔmother; elderly female relative; origin

Example sentences

• 听父母的。
  Obey your parents.
• 我父母还不老。
  My parents aren't old yet.
• 我父母离婚了。
  My parents are divorced.
• 我父母不知道。
  My parents don't know.
• 我父母不在家。
  My parents aren't home.
• 你父母多大了？
  How old are your parents?

Words starting with 父母

• 父母亲fù mǔ qīnparents
• 父母双亡fù mǔ shuāng wángto have lost both one's parents
• 父母之命，媒妁之言fù mǔ zhī mìng , méi shuò zhī yán(idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)

Words containing 父母

• 祖父母zǔ fù mǔpaternal grandparents
• 生父母shēng fù mǔbiological parents; natural parents
• 继父母jì fù mǔstep-parents
• 义父母yì fù mǔadoptive parents
• 再生父母zài shēng fù mǔlike a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
• 衣食父母yī shí fù mǔthe people one depends upon for one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
• 代替父母dài tì fù mǔin place of sb's parents; in loco parentis (law)
• 曾祖父母zēng zǔ fù mǔgreat-grandparents
• 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng youone depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home…
• 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng youone depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home…

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