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妈
媽
mā
1. ma
2. mom
3. mother
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Character Breakdown (Single character)

妈
mā
mother, mama
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

干妈
gānmā
godmother
大妈
dàmā
father's elder brother's wife
契妈
qìmā
foster mother
奶妈
nǎimā
wet nurse
姆妈
mǔmā
mom
姑妈
gūmā
(coll.) father's married sister
姨妈
yímā
(coll.) mother's sister
妈咪
māmi
mommy (loanword)
妈妈
māma
mama
HSK 1
妈宝
mābǎo
mama's boy
妈的
māde
see [[他媽的|他妈的<tāmāde>]]
妈眯
māmi
variant of [[媽咪|妈咪<māmi>]]
妈祖
Māzǔ
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
宝妈
bǎomā
mom
后妈
hòumā
(coll.) stepmother
爸妈
bàmā
dad and mom
老妈
lǎomā
mother
舅妈
jiùmā
(coll.) aunt
亲妈
qīnmā
one's own mother
阿妈
āmā
mother

Example Sentences (1)

妈，您看我刚买的裤子，洗完以后颜色怎么变得这么难看呢？
Mā, nín kàn wǒ gāng mǎi de kùzi, xǐ wán yǐhòu yánsè zěnme biàn de zhème nánkàn ne?
Mom, look at the pants I just bought; why did the color become so ugly after washing?
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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
749
Word Frequency Rank
171 of 84,292