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妈妈
māma
Main
English Definitionmama; mommy; mother
Simplified Script妈妈
Traditional Script媽媽
Pinyinmāma
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄇㄚ ㄇㄚ˙
Cantonese (Jyutping)maa1maa1
Part of Speech(名) noun
Measure Words个, 位
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=1
Word Decomposition
妈māma; mom; mother
妈māma; mom; mother

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Words With Same Head Word    
妈咪māmimommy (loanword)
妈祖māzǔMatsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
妈宝mābǎomama's boy
妈的mādesee 他妈的
妈眯māmivariant of 媽咪
Words With Same Tail Word    
婆婆妈妈pópo māmaeffeminate; old-womanish; garrulous; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive; maudlin
鹅妈妈é māmaMother Goose
南拳妈妈nánquán māmaNan Quan Mama, a Taiwanese Music Group
未婚妈妈wèihūn māmaunmarried mother
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