祖母
ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇ
“father's mother; paternal grandmother; in modern usage also mother's mother (maternal grandmother).”
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- 母親ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣmother; a female parent; one's mom
- 父母ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇfather and mother; parents
- 媽祖ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇMatsu, a sea goddess widely worshipped in southeastern China and Southeast Asia; affectionately called "Heavenly Holy Mother" in folk religion.
- 祖先ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved.
- 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.
- 祖父ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋfather's father; paternal grandfather; (also, esp. in Taiwan) maternal grandfather
- 祖國ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊmotherland; native country; one's homeland or ancestral nation.
- 母語ㄇㄨˇ ㄩˇnative language; mother tongue; the language first learned in childhood; (linguistics) a parent language from which related languages descend.
- 祖宗ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥancestor; forebear; one's forefathers or lineage founders; broadly, a respected elder or senior figure.
- 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