母语 (母語)
mǔ yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

母语 (母語)
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mǔ yǔ
  1. native language
  2. mother tongue
  3. (linguistics) parent language

Character Decomposition

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

既然如此，为什么即便是母语者，在语言交流中还是会出现不成句的现象？
jìrán rúcǐ ，wèishénme jíbiàn shì mǔyǔzhě ，zài yǔyán jiāoliú zhōng háishì huì chūxiàn bù chéngjù de xiànxiàng ？
Since that is the case, then why, even for native speakers, does the phenomenon of being able unable to form a sentence happen in the course of a linguistic exchange?
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毕竟不是母语，能很好地沟通吗？
bìjìng bù shì mǔyǔ ，néng hěn hǎo de gōutōng ma ？
But it's still not your mother tongue. Will you be able to communicate well?
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阿姨，我很想帮你，可是英语不是我的母语，我也说得不标准。
āyí ，wǒ hěn xiǎng bāng nǐ ，kěshì yīngyǔ bùshì wǒ de mǔyǔ ，wǒ yě shuō de bù biāozhǔn 。
Miss, I'd really like to help you, but English isn't my native language. My spoken English isn't standard, either.
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