母 | 媽: mother

 

母 mǔ

noun
: mother
: female

毋 wú [勿 wù]

radical 80

媽 [妈] mā

noun
: mother

Kun Reading

母 | はは haha

noun
: (Humble (kenjougo) language) mother
> 母上 | ははうえ hahaue: mother (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

母ちゃん | かあちゃん kaachan

noun
: mum; mom
> お母ちゃん | おかあちゃん: mum; mom

母さん | かあさん kaasan

noun
: mother
> 御母 | おかあ okaa: mother
> 御母さん | おかあさん okaasan: mother (honorific; polite language)
> 御母様 | おかあさま okaa sama: mother (honorific; polite language)
> 御祖母ちゃん | おばあちゃん obaachan: granny; grandma; female senior-citizen

毋部 [勿れ | なかれ nakare]

noun
: Radical 80 meaning “mother” or “do not”

 Usage:

母語 mu3yu3: mother tongue; native language [ぼご bogo]

母子 mu3zi3: mom & son [ぼし boshi]

母女 mu3nü3: mom & daughter

母親 mu3 qin1: mother [ははおや hahaoya]

父母 fu4mu3: parents [ふぼ fuho OR ちちはは chichihaha]

伯母 bo2mu3: aunt/father’s elder brother’s wife
[おば oba OR おばさん obasan OR はくぼ hakubo]

祖母 zu3mu3: paternal grandmother

[そぼ sobo OR ばば baba OR ばあさん baasan: female senior]

外祖母 wai4zu3mu3: maternal grandmother [がいそぼ gaisobo]

曾祖母 zeng1 zu3 mu3: paternal great-grandmother
[ひばば hiooba OR ひおおば hiibaba]

媽咪 ma1mi: mommy (loanword)

他媽的 ta1ma1da: damn it (curse)

肏你媽 cao4 ni3 ma1: f* your mother (vulgar)

奶媽 nai3ma1: wet nurse

乾媽[干妈] gan1ma1: godmother

姑媽 gu1 ma1: (coll.) father’s married sister; paternal aunt

姨媽 yi2ma1: (coll.) mother’s sister; maternal aunt

大姨媽 da4 yi2 ma1: great aunt; (slang) menstruation; period (OR sanitary napkins)

南拳媽媽 nan2 quan2 ma1 ma1
: Nan Quan Mama, a Taiwanese Music Group. The name is a phrase in Chinese to explain having strength while being gentle as a mother. They are closely tied with the Taiwanese artist Jay Chou.

Japanese common word / expression
孟母三遷 | もうぼさんせん moubo sansen
: the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child’s learning; Mencius’ mother, three moves

女は弱しされど母は強し | おんなはよわしされどはははつよし onna wa yowashi saredo haha wa tsuyoshi
: though the woman is weak, the mother is strong

*必要は発明の母 | ひつようははつめいのはは hitsu you wa hatsumei no haha
: necessity is the mother of invention

Chinese expression / proverb
婆婆媽媽 [婆婆妈妈] po2po ma1ma1
: kindhearted; motherly; effeminate; old-womanish; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive; maudlin

*需要是發明之母 [需要是发明之母] xu1 yao4 shi4 fa1 ming2 zhi1 mu3
: necessity is the mother of invention