妈妈 媽媽 mā ma mama / mommy / mother / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 母亲 母親 mǔ qīn mother / also pr. [mu3 qin5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 父母 fù mǔ father and mother / parents syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother syn 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement 姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 老太太 lǎo tài tai elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:位[wei4] syn 大地 dà dì earth / mother earth syn 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 外公 wài gōng (coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather syn 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 娘娘 niáng niang queen / empress / imperial concubine / Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West / mother / aunt syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 母女 mǔ nǚ mother and daughter / mother-daughter 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother / birth mother syn 污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn 母亲节 母親節 mǔ qīn jié Mother's Day 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 马利亚 馬利亞 mǎ lì yà Maria (name) / Mary, mother of Jesus Christ 外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father) syn 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 助产 助產 zhù chǎn to help a mother give birth 养母 養母 yǎng mǔ foster mother / adoptive mother syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 母猪 母豬 mǔ zhū sow / mother pig 以身试法 以身試法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 家母 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother syn 法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn 姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 阿婆 ā pó granny / mother-in-law syn 慈母 cí mǔ warm, caring mother syn 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 舅父 jiù fù mother's brother / maternal uncle syn 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 令堂 lìng táng (honorific) your mother syn 贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law syn 姨母 yí mǔ mother's sister / maternal aunt syn 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn 周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified 大姨 dà yí aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) syn 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 二老 èr lǎo mother and father / parents syn 姨夫 yí fu mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 母机 母機 mǔ jī machine tool / mother ship syn 习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 阿妈 阿媽 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father syn 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious 大方 dà fāng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea syn 老妈 老媽 lǎo mā mother / mom 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 所生 suǒ shēng parents (father and mother) 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn 小姨 xiǎo yí mother's youngest sister / wife's younger sister / sister-in-law 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 贤妻良母 賢妻良母 xián qī liáng mǔ a good wife and loving mother 西王母 xī wáng mǔ Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality / popularly known as 王母娘娘 syn 代孕 dài yùn to serve as a surrogate mother / surrogacy 待产 待產 dài chǎn (of an expectant mother) to be in labor syn 隔山 gé shān half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step- 月嫂 yuè sǎo woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 大姨妈 大姨媽 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period) 小阿姨 xiǎo ā yí auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family 六亲 六親 liù qīn six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3] / one's kin syn 整饬 整飭 zhěng chì (literary) to put in good order / to make shipshape / (literary) orderly / neat / tidy syn 义母 義母 yì mǔ adoptive mother syn 圣母玛利亚 聖母瑪利亞 shèng mǔ mǎ lì yà Mary (mother of Jesus) 