媽

mā

mother, mama

How to write 媽, stroke by stroke

ma; mom; mother

Pictophonetic: semantic 女 (woman), phonetic 馬

Made of 女 + 馬

媽媽mā mamama; mommy; mother
老媽lǎo māmother; mom
爸媽bà mādad and mom
姨媽yí mā(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt
姑媽gū mā(coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt
他媽的tā mā de(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking
大媽dà māfather's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
阿媽ā māgrandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse; amah; (Manchu) father
奶媽nǎi māwet nurse
大姨媽dà yí māmother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
舅媽jiù mā(coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife
乾媽gān māadoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

媽的，我們老了！
mā de ， wǒ mén lǎo le ！
Fuck, we're old!
我媽說了我得多吃些蔬菜。
wǒ mā shuō le wǒ dé duō chī xiē shū cài 。
My mother told me I needed to eat more vegetables.
我媽媽每天早上早起。
wǒ mā mā měi tiān zǎo shàng zǎo qǐ 。
My mother gets up early every morning.
你們他媽的下地獄!
nǐ mén tā mā de xià dì yù !
Go to hell!
媽咪，我可以去游泳嗎？
mā mī ， wǒ kě yǐ qù yóu yǒng má ？
Mommy, may I go swimming?