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Information of 妈

Pinyin mā

Radical

女

Strokes

6 strokes

Usage

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Definition

ma / mamma

妈 (mā) 1. 称呼母亲。 (1) Addressing a mother. 2. 对女性长辈的称呼。 (2) Addressing elder women: aunt, elder lady. 3. 旧时连着姓称中、老年蓬仆。 (3) In ancient times, used with a surname to address middle-aged or older female servants. 4. 妻子，老伴。 (4) Wife, spouse. 5. 鸨母。 (5) Madam; used in the context of brothel employees. 6. 同本义 (En. mother; ma; mamma). Related meaning: mother. 引: 《广雅·释亲》：妈，母也。 Reference: "Guangya: Explanation of Kinship": "Mama (妈) means mother." 例: 又如:有妈的孩子像个宝，没妈的孩子像根草;孩子的妈;谢谢妈 Example: For instance, "A child with a mother is like a treasure; a child without a mother is like a root of grass; the child's mother; thank you, mom." 尊称长一辈或年长的妇女 (En. aunt). Addressing elder women (aunt). 例: 如:姑妈;姨妈 Example: Such as: aunt; maternal aunt. 称中老年女仆 (En. maidservant). Addressing middle-aged or older maidservants. 例: 如:张妈;李妈;老妈子 Example: Such as: Aunt Zhang; Aunt Li; old maidservant. 妻子，老伴 (En. wife). Wife, spouse. 例: 如:妈妈子(妻子，老婆);美妈(娇妻) Example: Such as: mama zi (wife, spouse); beautiful mama (lovely wife). 鸨母 (En. madam). Madam; in context of brothel. 例: 如:妈儿(妓院的老妓或妓女的养母) Example: Such as: ma er (old prostitute or the keeper of prostitutes).

妈妈 mā ma

mama / mommy / mother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

奶妈 nǎi mā

wet nurse

大妈 dà mā

father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)

老妈 lǎo mā

mother / mom

姨妈 yí mā

(coll.) mother's sister / maternal aunt

姑妈 gū mā

(coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt

爹妈 diē mā

Parents

姆妈 mǔ mā

mom / mother (dialect)

舅妈 jiù mā

(coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife

婆婆妈妈 pó po mā mā

effeminate / old-womanish / garrulous / fainthearted / overly careful / overly sensitive / maudlin

妈祖 Mā zǔ

Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia

干妈 gān mā

adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

后妈 hòu mā

(coll.) stepmother

妈祖庙 mā zǔ miào

Mazu temple

他妈的 tā mā de

(taboo curse) damn it! / fucking