母亲

Character by character

• 母mǔ5 strokesHSK 3mother; female elders; female
• 亲qīn9 strokesHSK 3 traditional 親relatives, parents; intimate the hazel nut or filbert tree a thorny tree

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 她比母亲高。

  Tā bǐ mǔ qīn gāo

  She's taller than her mother.

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• 这是我母亲。

  Zhè shì wǒ mǔ qīn

  This is my mother.

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• 你母亲怎么样？

  Nǐ mǔ qīn zěn me yàng

  How is your mother?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 母亲. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 父亲fù qīnHSK 3

  father; also pr. [fù qin]

• 父母fù mǔHSK 3

  father and mother; parents

• 亲qīnHSK 3

  parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear

• 亲爱qīn àiHSK 4

  dear; beloved; darling

• 母mǔHSK 6

  mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female

• 亲自qīn zìHSK 3

  personally; in person; oneself

• 亲密qīn mìHSK 4

  intimate; close

• 亲人qīn rénHSK 3

  one's close relatives

• 亲戚qīn qiHSK 7

  a relative (i.e. family relation)

• 字母zì mǔHSK 4

  letter (of the alphabet)

• 亲切qīn qièHSK 3

  amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar

• 亲眼qīn yǎnHSK 6

  with one's own eyes; personally

• 亲手qīn shǒuHSK 7

  personally; with one's own hands

• 亲近qīn jìnHSK 7

  intimate; to get close to

• 亲生qīn shēngHSK 7

  one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents)

• 亲属qīn shǔHSK 6

  kin; kindred; relatives

• 亲热qīn rèHSK 7

  affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb

• 亲友qīn yǒuHSK 7

  friends and relatives

• 亲身qīn shēnHSK 7

  personal; oneself

• 母女mǔ nǚHSK 6

  mother and daughter; mother-daughter

• 祖母zǔ mǔHSK 6

  father's mother; paternal grandmother

• 母子mǔ zǐHSK 6

  mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest

• 亲情qīn qíngHSK 7

  affection; family love; love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children

• 母鸡mǔ jīHSK 6

  hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)