妈 — Chinese character
妈
mā
mother, mama
- Pinyin
- mā
- Radical
- 38 ⼥ (Woman)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 女 马
- Formation
- pictophonetic — woman; meaning component 女; sound component 马
- Traditional
- 媽
Common words with 妈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妈妈 (媽媽) | mā ma | mama; mommy |
| 他妈的 (他媽的) | tā mā de | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking |
| 大妈 (大媽) | dà mā | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
| 老妈 (老媽) | lǎo mā | mother; mom |
| 爸妈 (爸媽) | bà mā | dad and mom |
| 妈咪 (媽咪) | mā mi | mommy (loanword) |
| 姨妈 (姨媽) | yí mā | (coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt |
| 姑妈 (姑媽) | gū mā | (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt |
| 奶妈 (奶媽) | nǎi mā | wet nurse |
| 舅妈 (舅媽) | jiù mā | (coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife |
| 后妈 (後媽) | hòu mā | (coll.) stepmother |
| 干妈 (乾媽) | gān mā | adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) |
English words written with 妈
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.