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老母

lou5 mou5*2

mother; mom

One forum reader says "Avoid 老母 as it only seems to be used in offensive phrases. For this reason it is not polite."

Whether this is true or not has yet to be established, but 母親 is a safe alternative!

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,150,000

老母

老 lou5 lao3 - old, venerable
母 mou5 mou3 mu3 mu2 - mother

This word was added by claw on 4th Aug 2004 and last edited on 18th Jun 2008

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