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妈妈 māma

妈妈 māma Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 妈妈 māma .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
māma | ma1 ma5
English translation
mama
mommy
mother
CL:
>[gè], wèi [wèi]

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Traditional form

媽媽

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 妈妈 māma

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

女马

Number of Strokes

6

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

女马

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 妈妈 māma

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妈妈 māma zài 手帕 shǒu pà shǎng 香水 xiāng shuǐ ,使 shǐ 手帕 shǒu pà Wén 起来 qǐlai hěn 舒服 shūfu .

Mother puts perfume on her handkerchief to make It'smell pleasant.

qiáo , 这么 zhè me wǎn le , 妈妈 māma yòu gāi 唠叨 láodao le !

Look! It's late. Mother will grumble again.

xiǎng 妈妈 māma , Cháng 到我 de mèng 中来.

I was always thinking of Mama . Often, I saw her in my dreams.

妈妈 māma 看到头发 tóufa 染成这种 zhè zhǒng 颜色 yánsè huì 火冒三丈 huǒ mào sān zhàng de .

My mum'll have hysterics when she sees the colour of my hair.

孩子 háizi men 喜欢 xǐhuan 穿 chuān shǎng 妈妈 māma 旧时 jiù shí de 衣服 yīfu wán .

The children enjoy dressing up in Mother's old clothes.

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