母U+6BCD5 STROKES
Entry·pron. mǔ
ㄇㄨˇ
“Mother; female elder; origin or source; female (of animals); female (gender).”
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- 母親ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣmother; a female parent; one's mom
- 父母ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇfather and mother; parents
- 父母親ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣparents; father and mother; one's mother and father
- 母親節ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊMother's Day; annual holiday honoring mothers, observed on the second Sunday of May in many countries.
- 字母ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇletter of the alphabet; in traditional Chinese phonology, a character representing an initial consonant.
- 祖母ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇfather's mother; paternal grandmother; in modern usage also mother's mother (maternal grandmother).
- 保母ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇa woman employed to care for and raise someone else's children; a nanny; a childminder; (archaic) a royal governess or nurse in a palace.
- 母子ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇmother and child; a mother and her son or daughter; (finance) principal and interest
- 母語ㄇㄨˇ ㄩˇnative language; mother tongue; the language first learned in childhood; (linguistics) a parent language from which related languages descend.
- 母女ㄇㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇmother and daughter; a mother and her daughter; the mother-daughter relationship.
- 聖母ㄕㄥˋ ㄇㄨˇthe Virgin Mary; a goddess; a revered empress dowager or imperial birth mother; a compassionate woman or deity who protects the people
- 母校ㄇㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋalma mater; the school or university one graduated from or once attended.
- 母乳ㄇㄨˇ ㄖㄨˇbreast milk; milk produced by a mother's breasts for feeding an infant.
- 生母ㄕㄥ ㄇㄨˇbiological mother; one's birth mother, as distinct from an adoptive or stepmother
- 母雞ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧfemale chicken; hen; (in Taiwan, sometimes used as slang for a fussy or overly cautious person)
- 祖父母ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇgrandparents; one's father's parents; paternal grandparents; the parents of one's father or mother.
- 航母ㄏㄤˊ ㄇㄨˇaircraft carrier; a large warship that carries and launches military aircraft.
- 天母ㄊㄧㄢ ㄇㄨˇa residential neighborhood in Taipei, Taiwan; known for its expatriate community and shopping
- 母公司ㄇㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄙparent company; a company that controls or owns other companies
- 阿母ㄚ ㄇㄨˇmother; wet nurse
- 老母ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄨˇone's elderly mother; old mother
- 母愛ㄇㄨˇ ㄞˋmother's love; maternal love
- 母體ㄇㄨˇ ㄊㄧˇmother's or female animal's body during pregnancy; statistical population; parent body or source that produces derivatives
- 繼母ㄐㄧˋ ㄇㄨˇstepmother; father's later wife, seen from his children by an earlier marriage
- 岳母ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄨˇwife's mother; mother-in-law
- 酵母ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄨˇyeast; a type of fungus used in baking, brewing, and fermentation
- 伯母ㄅㄛˊ ㄇㄨˇwife of one's father's elder brother; aunt; a polite term for a woman about one's mother's age; (in Taiwan) a respectful form for a friend's mother
- 母后ㄇㄨˇ ㄏㄡˋempress dowager; emperor's mother (historical)
- 航空母艦ㄏㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋaircraft carrier; large warship with a flight deck for launching and recovering aircraft
- 水母ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄨˇjellyfish; gelatinous marine animal with umbrella-shaped body; water deity
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