Chinese symbol for “mom”
老妈
lǎo mā
Traditional: 老媽
mother; mom
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mom is 老妈 (lǎo mā), defined as: mother; mom.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mom”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妈 (媽) | mā | ma; mom |
| 老母 | lǎo mǔ | (coll.) mother; mom; (literary) elderly mother |
| 宝妈 (寶媽) | bǎo mā | a mom (mother of a young child) |
| 母上 | mǔ shàng | (slang) mother; mom (from Japanese 母上 "haha-ue") |
| 姆妈 (姆媽) | m mā | (dialect) mom; mother |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 老妈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老师 (老師) | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 老婆 | lǎo pó | (coll.) wife |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | variant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn) |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman; the elderly |
| 老公 | lǎo gōng | (coll.) husband |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mom”.
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.