媽 (maa1 | ma1) : ma; mama; mom; mother

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媽

maa1

ma1

[1] ma; mama; mom; mother
[2] aunt; auntie; aunty
[3] nanny; maidservant

Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

媽 / 妈

This word has been viewed 22387 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Oct 2014 14:00

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媽媽 maa1*4 maa1 ma1 ma5 = mother; mom

姑媽 gu1 maa1 gu1 ma1 = aunt (father's older sister) 粵

媽咪 maa1 mai1 mi4 / mai1 mi1 = mummy; mommy 粵

準媽 zeon2 maa1 zhun3 ma1 = soon-to-be mom

大媽 daai6 maa1 da4 ma1 = father's elder brother's wife, "aunty"

姨媽 ji4 maa1 yi2 ma1 = (informal) mother's sister; maternal aunt

奶媽 naai5 maa1 nai3 ma1 = amah, ayah, nannie, wet nurse

老媽子 lou5 maa1 zi2 lao3 ma1 zi5 = mom; amah

契媽 kai3 maa1 = god-mother; an adoptive mother

媽姐 maa2 ze2 ma1 jie3 = maidservant , amah

阿媽 aa3 maa1 = mamma

婆媽 po4 maa1 = an amah, maidservant

婆媽數 po4 maa1 sou3 = a trivial amount, a trivial debt

婆婆媽媽 po4 po4 maa1 maa1 po2 po2 ma1 ma1 = fussy; garrulous

老大媽 lou5 daai6 maa1 lao3 da4 ma1 = aunty; granny 國

未婚媽媽 mei6 fan1 maa1*4 maa1 = unmarried mothers

媽打 maa1 daa2 = mother (loanword)

媽啡 maa1 fe1 = morphine

大姨媽 daai6 ji4 maa1 da4 yi2 ma1 = sister-in-law; (euphemism) menstruation

使媽 sai2 maa1 = a nanny 粵

執媽 zap1 maa1 = a midwife 粵

姨媽姑姐 ji4 maa1 gu1 ze2*1 = mother's and father's sisters collectively 粵

宋媽 sung3 maa1 = all 粵

他媽的 taa1 maa1 dik1 ta1 ma1 de5 = (vulgar) damn 國

媽媽桑 maa1*4 maa1 song1 = a brothel madame (pimp for prostitutes); mamasan (as a loanword) 粵

媽祖閣 maa1 zou2 gok3 = A-Ma Temple (in Macau)

肥媽 fei4 maa1 fei2 ma1 = Maria Cordero

Showing 10 of 17 examples containing 媽

阿爸阿媽日日都去晨運。粵
Papa and mama go exercising every morning.

阿媽今日煲咗湯。粵
Mum has cooked soup today.

我屋企有阿爸、阿媽、阿哥同我。粵
My home has father, mother, brother and me.

媽咪好似返咗嚟啦喎
Seems like Mum's back home!
[Lit. mum seems return-already come [particles]]

我媽咪走咗未呀？粵
Has mum left yet?
[Lit. I mummy run-already not-yet [particle]? [Said by one of my students :)]]

今晚我媽咪接我粵
My mum'll pick me up this evening.
[Lit. this evening I mom collect me]

我同媽咪傾緊偈。粵
I am chatting with my mummy.

打麻雀係我姨媽嘅嗜好。粵
Playing mahjong is my aunt's hobby.

阿媽今晚唔煮飯，要食自己。粵
Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own.
[Usually mother cooks at home every night. If she does not cook, it implies that she is out at night, so the entire family has to think about the dinner stuff.]

阿媽去咗超級市場買嘢。粵
Mum has gone shopping in a supermarket.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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