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阿妈

ā mā

2-character word Traditional 阿媽

What 阿妈 means

1. grandma (paternal) (Tw)
2. dialectmother
3. nurse
4. amah
5. (Manchu) father

The characters in 阿妈

• 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity…
• 妈māma; mom; mother

Example sentences

• 阿妈买马。
  āmā mǎi mǎ.
  Your grandmother bought a horse.

Sounds the same

Read ā mā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阿嬷(Taiwan) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman)…