母
mǔ
Pinyin

Definition

母
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mǔ
  1. mother
  2. elderly female relative
  3. origin
  4. source
  5. (of animals) female

Character Decomposition

Compounds (27)

毋
Wú
  1. 1 surname Wu
毋
wú
  1. 1 (literary) no
  2. 2 don't
  3. 3 to not have
  4. 4 nobody
海
Hǎi
  1. 1 surname Hai
海
hǎi
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 sea
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 片 piàn
  5. 5 great number of people or things
  6. 6 (dialect) numerous
每
měi
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 every

Related Words (20)

母亲
mǔ qīn
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 also pr. [mǔ qin]
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
丈母
zhàng mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as: 丈母
伯母
bó mǔ
  1. 1 wife of father's elder brother
  2. 2 aunt
  3. 3 (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (3)

再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我以前很想读音乐，但是我父母不让我读音乐，让我去读医科呢!这就是牛不喝水强按头
wǒ yǐqián hěn xiǎng dú yīnyuè ，dànshì wǒ fùmǔ bù ràng wǒ dú yīnyuè ，ràng wǒ qù dú yīkē ne !zhè jiùshì niúbùhēshuǐqiǎngàntóu
I used to want to study music so much, but my parents didn't let me to. They wanted me to study medicine. This is just like forcing a bull to drink water.
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意思是他明明不想做这件事，但是我让他做他不想做的事。这是虎爸，虎妈，或是直升机父母。
yìsi shì tā míngmíng bùxiǎng zuò zhè jiàn shì ，dànshì wǒ ràng tā zuò tā bù xiǎng zuò de shì 。zhèshì hǔbà ，hǔmā ，huòshì zhíshēngjīfùmǔ 。
It means obviously he doesn't want to do something, but I force him to do it. This is how tiger dad, tiger mom or helicopter parents behave.
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那你肯定很难理解网上那些组织应援、为偶像摇旗呐喊的行为啦，现在很多偶像是通过粉丝支持、创造流量爆红的，所以粉丝几乎是他们的衣食父母呀。
nà nǐ kěndìng hěn nán lǐjiě wǎngshàng nàxiē zǔzhī yìngyuán 、wèi ǒuxiàng yáoqínàhǎn de xíngwéi la ，xiànzài hěnduō ǒuxiàng shì tōngguò fěnsī zhīchí 、chuàngzào liúliàng bàohóng de ，suǒyǐ fěnsī jīhū shì tāmen de yīshífùmǔ ya 。
Then you must find it hard to understand how online groups provide support, carry flags and shout support for their idols. Now many idols are supported by fans who help to create traffic. So fans have almost become their parents.
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故事的主题是关于一个家庭，一对情侣一个母亲和一个儿子。
gùshi de zhǔtí shì guānyú yīge jiātíng ，yīduì qínglǚ yīge mǔqīn hé yīge érzi 。
The theme of the story is about a family: a couple, a mother and a son.
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太好了！对于孩子们的父母来说，真是失而复得啊！
tàihǎole ！duìyú háizi men de fùmǔ láishuō ，zhēnshi shīérfùdé ā ！
That’s great! To the parents of these missing children, they must be feeling relieved that their children are still alive.
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祈求上天有好生之德，他们都能安然无恙，早日回到父母身边。
qíqiú shàngtiān yǒu hàoshēngzhīdé ，tāmen dōu néng ānránwúyàng ，zǎorì huídào fùmǔ shēnbiān 。
Let’s pray Heaven have mercy on them and they will be able to return safely to their parents as soon as possible.
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在卡尔维诺小说《车间里的母鸡》里的皮埃德罗，患哮喘的他一个人操纵四台机器，
zài kǎi\'ěrwéinuò xiǎoshuō 《chējiān lǐ de mǔjī 》lǐ de píāidéluó ，huàn xiàochuǎn de tā yī ge rén cāozòng sì tái jīqì ，
In Calvino's novel "The Workshop Hen", Pietro, with his asthma, operates four machines at the same time.
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所以，遇到任何一个人都比老Q正派，比小咪热情，比小F殷勤，最好是即便劈头问候其母亲，也不生气不回嘴更不哭，最好像家里哄孩子用的iPad，
suǒyǐ ，yùdào rènhé yī ge rén dōu bǐ lǎo Q zhèngpài ，bǐ xiǎomī rèqíng ，bǐ xiǎo F yīnqín ，zuìhǎo shì jíbiàn pītóu wènhòu qí mǔqīn ，yě bù shēngqì bù huízuǐ gèng bù kū ，zuì hǎoxiàng jiālǐ hǒng háizi yòng de iPad ，
so whoever you meet will be more decent than Old Q, more enthusiastic than Xiaomi, and more hospitable than Small F. Even when you insult the desk lady's mother, she is not angry, she doesn't talk back, she doesn't cry, it's like using an iPad at home to coax children.
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听好了，啤酒最基本的四个元素是麦芽、酵母、啤酒花、水，而精酿啤酒通常还会加入水果、咖啡、巧克力等各式各样的风味。
tīng hǎo le ，píjiǔ zuì jīběn de sì ge yuánsù shì màiyá 、jiàomǔ 、píjiǔhuā 、shuǐ ，ér jīngniàngpíjiǔ tōngcháng hái huì jiārù shuǐguǒ 、kāfēi 、qiǎokèlì děng gèshìgèyàng de fēngwèi 。
Listen carefully, the basic four components of beer are malt, yeast, hops and water, and with craft beer they normally also add all kinds of different flavours, such as fruit, coffee and chocolate.
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8.小华很早就离家出国留学了，他每次回家父母都巴不得他多留一段时间。
.xiǎohuá hěn zǎo jiù lí jiā chūguó liúxué le ，tā měicì huíjiā fùmǔ dōu bābude tā duō liú yī duàn shíjiān 。
Xiaohua left home early to pursue his studies overseas and so whenever he is back his parents long for him to stay longer.
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