ma

mom; mother

woman (女) + horse (马) = mom

女 grounds the character in its meaning: a woman, a mother. 马 contributes only the sound mā and carries no meaning here.

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每天早上给我做早饭。

wǒ mā měi tiān zǎo shang gěi wǒ zuò zǎo fàn。

my mom makes me breakfast every morning.

他生病了,很想念自己的

tā shēng bìng le, hěn xiǎng niàn zì jǐ de mā。

he got sick and missed his mom very much.

Words with 妈

阿妈

ā mā

grandma (paternal) (Tw)

干妈

gān mā

adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

事儿妈

shì r mā

(coll.) fussbudget

他妈的

tā mā de

(taboo curse) damn it!

你妈

nǐ mā

(interjection) fuck you

南拳妈妈

nán quán mā mā

Nan Quan Mama, a Taiwanese Music Group

大姨妈

dà yí mā

mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother)

大妈

dà mā

father's elder brother's wife

契妈

qì mā

adoptive mother

奶妈

nǎi mā

wet nurse

姆妈

m mā

(dialect) mom; mother

姑妈

gū mā

(coll.) father's married sister

More characters with 女