妈
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ma; mom; mother
6 strokes
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How 妈 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 马 (phonetic, mǎ)
How to remember it
mama · Heisig RSH #1454
女 woman + 马 horse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 马
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 马 (mǎ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马 sound component | mǎ | horse; surname |
| 码 | mǎ | number, numeral, symbol; yard |
| 玛 | mǎ | agate, cornelian |
| 骂 | mà | to accuse, to blame, to curse, to scold |
| 蚂 | mǎ | ant; leech |
| 吗 | ma | final interrogative particle |
| 犸 | mǎ | mammoth |
| 杩 | mà | headboard |
Words containing 妈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妈拉个巴子 | mā lā ge bā zi | fuck!; motherfucker!; fucking |
| 妈的法克 | mā de fǎ kè | motherfucker (loanword) |
| 妈了个巴子 | mā le ge bā zi | fuck!; motherfucker!; fucking |
| 事儿妈 | shì r mā | (coll.) fussbudget; pain in the ass |
| 老妈子 | lǎo mā zi | older female servant; amah |
| 老大妈 | lǎo dà mā | "Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman); CL:位[wei4] |
| 大妈 | dà mā | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
| 小妈 | xiǎo mā | father's concubine; (coll.) stepmother (esp. a young stepmother) |
| 老妈 | lǎo mā | mother; mom |
| 妈惹法克 | mā rě fǎ kè | motherfucker (loanword) |
| 阿妈 | ā mā | grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse; amah; (Manchu) father |
| 后妈 | hòu mā | (coll.) stepmother |
| 干妈 | gān mā | adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) |
| 单亲妈妈 | dān qīn mā ma | single mother |
| 伯妈 | bó mā | (dialect) wife of father's older brother; aunt |
| 亲妈 | qīn mā | biological mother; real mom |
| 妈宝 | mā bǎo | mama's boy |
| 宝妈 | bǎo mā | a mom (mother of a young child) |
| 妈的 | mā de | see 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5] |
| 他妈的 | tā mā de | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking |