IDENTITY
妈māmother; mom
HSK 1Top 540
CORE MEANING
mother; mom
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- informal
Senses
- 1.mom; motherHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 女woman radical (nǚ)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰女马
- woman
- gives the sound mā
USAGE
Common words
妈妈māmamom
Graded examples
妈妈做的菜很好吃。Māma zuò de cài hěn hǎochī.HSK2
The food mom makes is delicious.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A woman (女) with the sound of a horse (马, mǎ) — mā, mom.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #540
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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