妈 (媽) mā
noun
mother; ma
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Family
Notes: 母亲 'Mother' is a more formal term, in contrast with informal 妈妈 'Mom' or simply 妈 (Sun 2006, loc. 977).
Contained in
- 干妈(乾媽) adoptive mother
- 娘妈(娘媽) woman
- 妈祖(媽祖) Mazu
- 妈了个巴子(媽了個巴子) damn you!
- 辣妈(辣媽) hot mom
- 奶妈(奶媽) wet nurse
- 妈宝(媽寶) mama's boy
- 爸妈(爸媽) dad and mom
- 大姨妈(大姨媽) great aunt; menstruation; period
- 他妈(他媽) damn!; cursing
- 事儿妈(事兒媽) fussbudget; pain in the ass
- 舅妈(舅媽) aunt; maternal uncle's wife
- 姨妈巾(姨媽巾) sanitary towel
- 阿妈(阿媽) nurse; nanny ; paternal grandmother ; father ; mother
- 姑妈(姑媽) paternal aunt; aunt
- 妈妈桑(媽媽桑) mama-san; madam
- 后妈(後媽) stepmother
- 姆妈(姆媽) mom; mother
- 姨妈(姨媽) mother's sister; maternal aunt
- 婆婆妈妈(婆婆媽媽) effeminate; old-womanish; garrulous; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive; maudlin
- 契妈(契媽) adoptive mother
- 妈妈(媽媽) mother
- 大妈(大馬) wife of father's elder brother; aunt ; father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
- 妈卖批(媽賣批) (vulgar) your mom's a prostitute
- 肏你妈(肏你媽) damn you (vulgar)
- 妈咪(媽咪) mummy
- 爱哟我的妈(愛喲我的媽) Ai Yao Wo de Mao
- 妈拉个巴子(媽拉個巴子) damn you!
- 亲妈(親媽) one's own mother; biological mother
- 宝妈(寶媽) a mom (mother of a young child)
- 老大妈(老大媽) Madam
- 老妈子(老媽子) older female servant; amah
- 他妈的(他媽的) damn it
- 老妈(老媽) mother; mom
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 56 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 11
- 第二回 Chapter 59 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 8
- 第二回 Chapter 35 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
- 第二回 Chapter 92 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
- 第二回 Chapter 61 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
- 第二回 Chapter 34 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 47 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 7 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 60 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
Collocations
- 老妈妈 (老媽媽) 帶著一個老媽媽 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十回 Chapter 20 — count: 16
- 宋妈 (宋媽) 宋媽去後 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 37 — count: 5
- 妈说 (媽說) 我將來和你媽說了 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第五十三回 Chapter 53 — count: 5
- 爹妈 (爹媽) 爹媽也老了 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第四十八回 Chapter 48 — count: 5
- 妈要 (媽要) 從前你媽要想害我 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 84 — count: 4
- 叶妈 (葉媽) 怡紅院有個老葉媽 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 56 — count: 4
- 妈去 (媽去) 宋媽去後 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 37 — count: 3
- 李妈 (李媽) 跟著李媽認了幾年字 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 92 — count: 3
- 祝妈 (祝媽) 這一個老祝媽是個妥當的 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 56 — count: 3
- 妈儿 (媽兒) 又見那正當中坐著一個老媽媽兒 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十四回 Chapter 34 — count: 3