妈

mā

mother, mama

How to write 妈, stroke by stroke

ma; mom; mother

Pictophonetic: semantic 女 (woman), phonetic 马

Made of 女 + 马

妈妈mā mamama; mommy; mother
老妈lǎo māmother; mom
爸妈bà mādad and mom
姨妈yí mā(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt
姑妈gū mā(coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt
他妈的tā mā de(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking
大妈dà māfather's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
阿妈ā māgrandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse; amah; (Manchu) father
奶妈nǎi māwet nurse
大姨妈dà yí māmother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
舅妈jiù mā(coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife
干妈gān māadoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

我妈妈英语说得不太好。
wǒ mā ma yīng yǔ shuō dé bú tài hǎo 。
My mom doesn't speak English very well.
我他妈的才不管你们说什么！
wǒ tā mā de cái bù guǎn nǐ men shuō shén me ！
I don't give a fuck about what you say!
刚才我在和我爸妈闲聊。
gāng cái wǒ zài hé wǒ bà mā xián liáo 。
Just now I was chatting with my parents.
我妈在的时候别讨论这件事。
wǒ mā zài de shí hòu bié tǎo lùn zhè jiàn shì 。
Don't talk about it in my mother's presence.
他住在他舅妈家。
tā zhù zài tā jiù mā jiā 。
He stayed at his aunt's house.