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52 matches for "mother"
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- #409open ›媽ㄇㄚMother; mom; mama; term of address for mother or elder women in mother's generation; also used for older women or female servants or generally older women.
- #427open ›母ㄇㄨˇMother; female elder; origin or source; female (of animals); female (gender).
- #2343open ›姨ㄧˊMother's sister; aunt; wife's sister; concubine.
- #1311open ›娘ㄋㄧㄤˊYoung lady; mother; wife; term of address for an older woman or married woman; formerly, a respectful term for a female employer; (coll.) effeminate.
- #2435open ›舅ㄐㄧㄡˋMaternal uncle; mother's brother; term for wife's brother; archaic term for husband's father; a surname.
- #1536open ›乳ㄖㄨˇBreast; milk, especially mother's milk; to suckle or nurse; to hatch or incubate eggs.
- #1152open ›婆ㄆㄛˊAn old woman; grandmother; mother-in-law; a term for certain professional women in the past; slang for a femme in a lesbian relationship.
- #1806open ›嬤ㄇㄚA dialectal or obsolete term for mother; also used in Taiwan as a variant of mother.
- #4838open ›妣ㄅㄧˇA respectful term for one's deceased mother; used in ancient texts for a deceased wife.
- #4927open ›媼ㄠˇAn old woman; a respectful term for a mother or married woman; sometimes refers to a female earth deity.
- #1166open ›奶ㄋㄞˇBreast; milk; to breastfeed; informal term for mother; relating to infancy.
- #4531open ›嫗ㄩˋAn old woman; to brood over or protect something; a general term for a woman or mother.
- #116open ›外ㄨㄞˋOutside; external; foreign; in addition; not belonging to a certain scope; referring to relatives on the mother's or wife's side; a role in traditional opera playing an elderly man.
- #3538open ›恃ㄕˋTo rely on or depend on someone or something; to presume on one's strength or position; (literary) one's mother.
- #1358open ›慈ㄘˊCompassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane; parental love for children; deep affection; a respectful term for mother.
- #1541open ›姆ㄇㄨˇA female tutor or governess, especially for children; a nanny or caregiver for children; used in compound words like mother.
Words
- #139媽媽ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚmother; mom; mama; a respectful term for an older woman; a term for a wife or a madam in historical contexts.
- #205母親ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣmother; a female parent; one's mom
- #4,103母親節ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄝˊMother's Day; annual holiday honoring mothers, observed on the second Sunday of May in many countries.
- #6,270母子ㄇㄨˇ ㄗˇmother and child; a mother and her son or daughter; (finance) principal and interest
- #7,009舅舅ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋmother's brother; maternal uncle; informal term for a male sibling of one's mother
- #7,735母女ㄇㄨˇ ㄋㄩˇmother and daughter; a mother and her daughter; the mother-daughter relationship.
- #10,264老媽ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄚone's mother; an old woman; a female servant; a madam of a brothel
- #4,524祖母ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇfather's mother; paternal grandmother; in modern usage also mother's mother (maternal grandmother).
- #2,828婆婆ㄆㄛˊ ㄆㄛˊhusband's mother; mother-in-law; grandmother; term of respect for an older woman; (mainland) figurative term for leadership or officials.
- #265父母ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇfather and mother; parents
- #10,948生母ㄕㄥ ㄇㄨˇbiological mother; one's birth mother, as distinct from an adoptive or stepmother
- #6,468皇太后ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋempress dowager; mother of the reigning emperor.
- #7,468母語ㄇㄨˇ ㄩˇnative language; mother tongue; the language first learned in childhood; (linguistics) a parent language from which related languages descend.
- #3,989父母親ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣparents; father and mother; one's mother and father
- #2,404太后ㄊㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋEmpress Dowager; the mother of a reigning emperor.
- #5,113外婆ㄨㄞˋ ㄆㄛˊmaternal grandmother; mother's mother.
- #8,245外公ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥmaternal grandfather; mother's father.
- #11,816爸媽ㄅㄚˋ ㄇㄚparents; mom and dad; mother and father
- Level 3外祖母ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇmaternal grandmother; mother's mother
- #7,462雙親ㄕㄨㄤ ㄑㄧㄣboth parents; father and mother; one's parents
- #26,596外祖父ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋmaternal grandfather; one's mother's father.
- #9,577母乳ㄇㄨˇ ㄖㄨˇbreast milk; milk produced by a mother's breasts for feeding an infant.
- #5,944老太太ㄌㄠˇ ㄊㄞˋ ㄊㄞˋelderly lady (respectful); one's own mother or another person's mother (esp. in Taiwan); respectful term for an old woman
- #6,204媽咪ㄇㄚ ㄇㄧmommy; a child's affectionate term for mother; from English 'mammy'.
- #13,058公婆ㄍㄨㄥ ㄆㄛˊhusband's parents; in-laws; father-in-law and mother-in-law
- Level 3舅媽ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄚwife of one's maternal uncle; aunt (by marriage on mother's side).
- #2,681大地ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋthe earth; the ground; the land; the whole surface of the earth; mother earth
- #7,758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
- #20,243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
- #14,431娘娘ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄋㄧㄤtitle for an empress or imperial consort; female deity; respectful address for a woman; mother (archaic)
- #11,831祖父母ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇgrandparents; one's father's parents; paternal grandparents; the parents of one's father or mother.
- #5,356玉山ㄩˋ ㄕㄢMount Yu, the highest peak in Taiwan (3,952 m); a mountain in Chinese mythology where the Queen Mother of the West resides; a county in Jiangxi Province, China.
- #3,666大方ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄤgenerous; magnanimous; natural and relaxed in manner; stylish; in good taste; (dàfāng, archaic) expert; scholar; mother earth
- #2,624媽祖ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇMatsu, a sea goddess widely worshipped in southeastern China and Southeast Asia; affectionately called "Heavenly Holy Mother" in folk religion.
- #1,629姊姊older sister; elder sister; also used as a respectful term for a woman of similar age who is not a relative; in older usage, a wet nurse or mother
- #7,460祖國ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊmotherland; native country; one's homeland or ancestral nation.