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Definitions

  1. 1. mother
  2. 2. elderly female relative
  3. 3. origin
  4. 4. source
  5. 5. (of animals) female

Example Sentences

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應該將小牛從 牛身邊帶開。
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Words Containing 母

伯母
bó mǔ

wife of father's elder brother

字母
zì mǔ

letter (of the alphabet)

岳母
yuè mǔ

wife's mother, mother-in-law

母女
mǔ nǚ

mother and daughter

母子
mǔ zǐ

mother and child

母亲
mǔ qīn

mother

母语
mǔ yǔ

native language

母鸡
mǔ jī

hen

父母
fù mǔ

father and mother; parents

祖母
zǔ mǔ

father's mother

继母
jì mǔ

stepmother

丈母
zhàng mǔ

wife's mother

丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng

wife's mother

三十六字母
sān shí liù zì mǔ

thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory

乳母
rǔ mǔ

wet nurse

二重母音
èr chóng mǔ yīn

diphthong

亡母
wáng mǔ

deceased mother

人母
rén mǔ

mother (as a social role)

代孕母亲
dài yùn mǔ qīn

surrogate mother

代替父母
dài tì fù mǔ

in place of sb's parents

代母
dài mǔ

godmother

代理孕母
dài lǐ yùn mǔ

surrogate pregnancy

伯叔祖母
bó shū zǔ mǔ

father's father's brother's wife

僧帽水母
sēng mào shuǐ mǔ

(zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)

先大母
xiān dà mǔ

deceased paternal grandmother

儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫
ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín

a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)

公母俩
gōng mǔ liǎ

husband and wife

再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ

like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor

分母
fēn mǔ

denominator of a fraction

卵母细胞
luǎn mǔ xì bāo

egg cell

叔丈母
shū zhàng mǔ

wife's aunt

叔母
shū mǔ

aunt

叔祖母
shū zǔ mǔ

wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother

同母异父
tóng mǔ yì fù

(of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers

同父异母
tóng fù yì mǔ

(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers

哺母乳
bǔ mǔ rǔ

breastfeeding

单韵母
dān yùn mǔ

simple finals

在家靠父母,出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you

one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

在家靠父母,出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you

one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

外祖母
wài zǔ mǔ

mother's mother

大写字母
dà xiě zì mǔ

capital letters

失败是成功之母
shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ

Failure is the mother of success.

奶母
nǎi mǔ

wet nurse

姑母
gū mǔ

father's sister

姨母
yí mǔ

mother's sister

姨母笑
yí mǔ xiào

(neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman)

婶母
shěn mǔ

wife of father's younger brother

子不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫
zǐ bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín

see 兒不嫌母醜,狗不嫌家貧|儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫[ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín]

子母
zǐ mǔ

mother and son

子母弹
zǐ mǔ dàn

(military) cluster bomb

子母扣
zǐ mǔ kòu

snap fastener

子母炮弹
zǐ mǔ pào dàn

artillery cluster bomb

子母炸弹
zǐ mǔ zhà dàn

cluster bomb

字母表
zì mǔ biǎo

alphabet

字母词
zì mǔ cí

word that contains one or more letters of an alphabet (e.g. HSK, PK, WTO, PO文, PM2.5, γ射線|γ射线[γ shè xiàn])

字母顺序
zì mǔ shùn xù

alphabetical order

家母
jiā mǔ

(polite) my mother

寄母
jì mǔ

foster mother

小写字母
xiǎo xiě zì mǔ

lowercase (letters)

尼哥底母
ní gē dǐ mǔ

Nicodemus, prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John

巴黎圣母院
bā lí shèng mǔ yuàn

Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)

希腊字母
xī là zì mǔ

Greek alphabet

师母
shī mǔ

term of respect for a teacher's wife

座生水母
zuò shēng shuǐ mǔ

sessile medusa

弑母
shì mǔ

matricide

后母
hòu mǔ

stepmother

从母
cóng mǔ

maternal aunt

慈母
cí mǔ

warm, caring mother

恋母情结
liàn mǔ qíng jié

Oedipus complex

抗母
kàng mǔ

(loanword) com (as in \dot-com\)

拉丁字母
lā dīng zì mǔ

Latin alphabet

拼音字母
pīn yīn zì mǔ

phonetic letters

撒母耳记上
sā mǔ ěr jì shàng

First book of Samuel

撒母耳记下
sā mǔ ěr jì xià

Second book of Samuel

教母
jiào mǔ

godmother

曾外祖母
zēng wài zǔ mǔ

great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)

曾祖母
zēng zǔ mǔ

father's father's mother

曾祖父母
zēng zǔ fù mǔ

great-grandparents

最小公分母
zuì xiǎo gōng fēn mǔ

lowest common denominator

朝鲜字母
cháo xiǎn zì mǔ

hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet

核动力航空母舰
hé dòng lì háng kōng mǔ jiàn

nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

桃花水母
táo huā shuǐ mǔ

freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta)

栉水母
zhì shuǐ mǔ

comb jellies (Ctenophora)

母乳
mǔ rǔ

breast milk

母乳代用品
mǔ rǔ dài yòng pǐn

breast milk substitute

母乳化奶粉
mǔ rǔ huà nǎi fěn

infant formula

母乳喂养
mǔ rǔ wèi yǎng

breastfeeding

母公司
mǔ gōng sī

parent company

母函数
mǔ hán shù

generating function (math.)

母哈
mǔ hā

female husky (dog)

母丧
mǔ sāng

the death of one's mother

母夜叉
mǔ yè chā

witch

母女
mǔ nǚ

mother and daughter

母子垂直感染
mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn

mother-to-infant transmission

母带
mǔ dài

master tape

母弹
mǔ dàn

parent shell (of a cluster bomb)

母爱
mǔ ài

maternal love

母星
mǔ xīng

(science fiction) home planet

母板
mǔ bǎn

motherboard

母校
mǔ xiào

alma mater

母机
mǔ jī

machine tool

母权制
mǔ quán zhì

matriarchy

母港
mǔ gǎng

home port (of a ship or fleet)

母犬
mǔ quǎn

female dog

母球
mǔ qiú

cue ball (in billiards)

母系
mǔ xì

maternal

母系社会
mǔ xì shè huì

matrilineality

母线
mǔ xiàn

generating line

母群体
mǔ qún tǐ

(statistics) population

母老虎
mǔ lǎo hǔ

tigress

母胎
mǔ tāi

mother's womb

母胎solo
mǔ tāi s o l o

(slang) never been in a romantic relationship

母胎单身
mǔ tāi dān shēn

never been in a romantic relationship

母船
mǔ chuán

mother ship

母蜂
mǔ fēng

queen bee

母亲节
mǔ qīn jié

Mother's Day

母质
mǔ zhì

parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment)

母音
mǔ yīn

vowel

母音调和
mǔ yīn tiáo hé

vowel harmony (in phonetics)

母题
mǔ tí

motif (loanword)

母体
mǔ tǐ

(zoology, medicine) mother's body

母党
mǔ dǎng

mother's kinfolk

水母
shuǐ mǔ

jellyfish

水母体
shuǐ mǔ tǐ

jellyfish

注音字母
zhù yīn zì mǔ

see 注音符號|注音符号[zhù yīn fú hào]

炸弹之母
zhà dàn zhī mǔ

Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb

灯塔水母
dēng tǎ shuǐ mǔ

immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)

父母亲
fù mǔ qīn

parents

父母双亡
fù mǔ shuāng wáng

to have lost both one's parents

王母
wáng mǔ

another name for 西王母[xī wáng mǔ], Queen Mother of the West

王母娘娘
wáng mǔ niáng niáng

another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West

珠母
zhū mǔ

mother-of-pearl

生母
shēng mǔ

natural mother

生父母
shēng fù mǔ

biological parents

异母
yì mǔ

(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers

白云母
bái yún mǔ

muscovite

益母
yì mǔ

motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus)

益母草
yì mǔ cǎo

motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)

卢恩字母
lú ēn zì mǔ

rune

知母
zhī mǔ

Anemarrhena asphodeloides

祖姑母
zǔ gū mǔ

father's father's sister

祖母绿
zǔ mǔ lǜ

emerald

祖父母
zǔ fù mǔ

paternal grandparents

继父母
jì fù mǔ

step-parents

罗马字母
luó mǎ zì mǔ

Roman letters

义母
yì mǔ

adoptive mother

义父母
yì fù mǔ

adoptive parents

圣母
shèng mǔ

the Virgin Mary

圣母升天节
shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié

Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)

圣母婊
shèng mǔ biǎo

(Internet slang) sanctimonious bitch

圣母峰
shèng mǔ fēng

Goddess peak (Nepalese: Sagarmatha, Sky Goddess)

圣母教堂
shèng mǔ jiào táng

Church of Our Lady

圣母玛利亚
shèng mǔ mǎ lì yà

Mary (mother of Jesus)

声母
shēng mǔ

the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable

舅母
jiù mǔ

wife of mother's brother

航母
háng mǔ

aircraft carrier

航空母舰
háng kōng mǔ jiàn

aircraft carrier

航空母舰战斗群
háng kōng mǔ jiàn zhàn dòu qún

carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG)

螺母
luó mǔ

nut (female component of nut and bolt)

螺母螺栓
luó mǔ luó shuān

nuts and bolts

螺丝母
luó sī mǔ

nut (female component of nut and bolt)

衣食父母
yī shí fù mǔ

the people one depends upon for one's livelihood

复合母音
fù hé mǔ yīn

diphthong

复韵母
fù yùn mǔ

compound final

西王母
xī wáng mǔ

Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality

西里尔字母
xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ

Cyrillic alphabet

贝母
bèi mǔ

the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)

贤妻良母
xián qī liáng mǔ

a good wife and loving mother

酵母菌
jiào mǔ jūn

yeast; saccharomycete

酵母醇
jiào mǔ chún

zymosterol

酿母菌
niàng mǔ jūn

yeast

云母
yún mǔ

mica

零声母
líng shēng mǔ

(Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant)

需要是发明之母
xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ

Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

韩文字母
hán wén zì mǔ

hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters

韵母
yùn mǔ

the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of \niáng\ is \iang\)

养母
yǎng mǔ

foster mother

喂母乳
wèi mǔ rǔ

breastfeeding

首字母
shǒu zì mǔ

initial letters

首字母拚音词
shǒu zì mǔ pīn yīn cí

acronym

首字母缩写
shǒu zì mǔ suō xiě

acronym

高祖母
gāo zǔ mǔ

great-great-grandmother

鸨母
bǎo mǔ

female brothel keeper

鼻韵母
bí yùn mǔ

(of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant