Chinese symbol for “mama”
妈妈
mā ma
Traditional: 媽媽
mama; mommy; mother; 个 (gè),位 (wèi)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mama is 妈妈 (mā ma), defined as: mama; mommy; mother; 个 (gè),位 (wèi).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mama”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 妈妈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mama”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.