妈
妈

Mama in Chinese: 妈妈 (mā ma)

mā ma

mama

HSK 1Traditional: 媽媽2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1mama
  2. 2mommy
  3. 3mother

Stroke order

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妈
妈

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ㄇㄚ

mā

ㄇ/ mㄚ/ a—/ first tone

˙ㄇㄚ

ma

˙/ neutral toneㄇ/ mㄚ/ a

Simplified & traditional

妈妈

Simplified

媽媽

Traditional

Example sentences

See 妈妈 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 妈妈哭了。

    mā ma kū le。

    Mummy cried.

  • 你妈妈呢？

    nǐ mā ma ne？

    Where's your mom?

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Related words

妈

mā

ma

大妈

dà mā

father's elder brother's wife

吗

ma

(question particle for "yes-no" questions)

买

mǎi

to buy

猫

māo

cat

没

méi

(negative prefix for verbs) have not

没关系

méi guān xi

it doesn't matter

米饭

mǐ fàn

(cooked) rice

名字

míng zi

name (of a person or thing)

明天

míng tiān

tomorrow

哪

nǎ

how

那

nà

(specifier) that

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