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继母

jì mǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 繼母

继母 (jì mǔ) means "stepmother". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 继母 means

1. stepmother

The characters in 继母

• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 母mǔmother; elderly female relative; origin

Sounds the same

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

• 寄母foster mother

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