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父母
fùmǔ
1. father and mother
2. parents
Very Common • Top 1%

Character Breakdown

父
fù
father, dad
HSK 4 4 丶
母
mǔ
mother; female elders; female
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (12)

父母亲
fùmǔqīn
parents
继父母
jìfùmǔ
step-parents
生父母
shēngfùmǔ
biological parents
祖父母
zǔfùmǔ
paternal grandparents
义父母
yìfùmǔ
foster parents
衣食父母
yīshífùmǔ
the people one depends upon for one's livelihood
再生父母
zàishēngfùmǔ
like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
曾祖父母
céngzǔfùmǔ
great-grandparents
父母双亡
fùmǔshuāngwáng
to have lost both one's parents
代替父母
dàitìfùmǔ
in place of sb's parents
在家靠父母,出外靠朋友
zàijiākàofùmǔ,chūwàikàopéngyou
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母,出门靠朋友
zàijiākàofùmǔ,chūménkàopéngyou
one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

Example Sentences (1)

除了父母以外,还有我们自己也能啊。
chú le fù mǔ yǐ wài,hái yǒu wǒ men zì jǐ yě néng a.
Besides our parents, we ourselves can do it too.
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Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
952 of 84,292

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