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媽媽
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mother; mama; mum; mom | Cant. also '老母' Level: 1 Google Frequency: 3,740,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
| 媽媽 / 妈妈 |
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This word was added by claw on 4th Aug 2004 08:40 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:媽 maa1 - mother; mum媽 maa1 - mother; mum 4 compounds containing this word:婆婆媽媽 - effeminate, sissy (of mother's boy); womanishly fussy黑媽媽 - (very) dark; pitch black 未婚媽媽 - unmarried mothers 媽媽桑 - a madame (pimp for prostitutes); mamasan (as a loanword) |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
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: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).