| 母 | [ mǔ ] mother, elderly female relative, origin, source, (of animals) female |
| 母乳 | [ mǔ rǔ ] mother's milk |
| 母乳代 | [ mǔ rǔ daì ] substitute for mother's milk, milk powder |
| 母乳化奶粉 | [ mǔ rǔ huà naǐ fěn ] infant formula |
| 母乳餵養 | [ mǔ rǔ weì yǎng ] breastfeeding |
| 母公司 | [ mǔ gōng sī ] parent company |
| 母函數 | [ mǔ hán shù ] generating function (math.) |
| 母哈 | [ mǔ hā ] female husky (dog) |
| 母喪 | [ mǔ sāng ] the death of one's mother |
| 母夜叉 | [ mǔ yè chā ] witch, shrew, vixen |
| 母女 | [ mǔ nǚ ] mother and daughter, mother-daughter |
| 母子 | [ mǔ zǐ ] mother and child, parent and subsidiary (companies), principal and interest |
| 母子垂直感染 | [ mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn ] mother-to-infant transmission |
| 母彈 | [ mǔ dàn ] parent shell (of a cluster bomb) |
| 母愛 | [ mǔ aì ] maternal love |
| 母板 | [ mǔ bǎn ] motherboard |
| 母校 | [ mǔ ] alma mater |
| 母機 | [ mǔ jī ] machine tool, mother ship |
| 母權制 | [ mǔ quán zhì ] matriarchy |
| 母港 | [ mǔ gǎng ] home port (of a ship or fleet) |
| 母湯 | [ mǔ tāng ] (Tw) (slang) don't, must not, won't do, (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要[bu4 yao4] or 不行[bu4 xing2]) |
| 母犬 | [ mǔ quǎn ] female dog, bitch |
| 母球 | [ mǔ qiú ] cue ball (in billiards) |
| 母系 | [ mǔ xì ] maternal, matriarchal |
| 母系社會 | [ mǔ xì shè huì ] matrilineality |
| 母線 | [ mǔ xiàn ] generating line, generatrix (in geometry), bus (in electronics), bus bar |
| 母群體 | [ mǔ qún tǐ ] (statistics) population, parent population |
| 母老虎 | [ mǔ laǒ hǔ ] tigress, (fig.) fierce woman, vixen |
| 母胎 | [ mǔ taī ] mother's womb |
| 母胎solo; | [ mǔ taī ] (slang) never been in a romantic relationship |
| 母胎單身 | [ mǔ taī dān shēn ] never been in a romantic relationship |
| 母船 | [ mǔ chuán ] mother ship |
| 母蜂 | [ mǔ fēng ] queen bee |
| 母親 | [ mǔ qīn ] mother, also pr. [mu3 qin5], CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 母親節 | [ mǔ qīn jié ] Mother's Day |
| 母語 | [ mǔ yǔ ] native language, mother tongue, (linguistics) parent language |
| 母質 | [ mǔ zhì ] parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment) |
| 母雞 | [ mǔ jī ] hen, don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) |
| 母難日 | [ mǔ nàn rì ] (old) birthday |
| 母音 | [ mǔ yīn ] vowel |
| 母音調和 | [ mǔ yīn hé ] vowel harmony (in phonetics) |
| 母題 | [ mǔ tí ] motif (loanword), main idea, theme |
| 母體 | [ mǔ tǐ ] (zoology, medicine) mother's body, (chemistry etc) parent, matrix, (statistics) population, parent population |
| 母黨 | [ mǔ dǎng ] mother's kinfolk |
| ⇒ 丈母 | [ zhàng mǔ ] wife's mother, mother-in-law |
| ⇒ 丈母娘 | [ zhàng mǔ niáng ] wife's mother, mother-in-law, same as 丈母 |
| ⇒ 三十六字母 | [ sān shí liù zì mǔ ] thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory |
| ⇒ 世母 | [ shì mǔ ] wife of father's elder brother (old) |
| ⇒ 乳母 | [ rǔ mǔ ] wet nurse |
| ⇒ 二重母音 | [ èr chóng mǔ yīn ] diphthong |
| ⇒ 亡母 | [ wáng mǔ ] deceased mother |
| ⇒ 代替父母 | [ daì tì fù mǔ ] in place of sb's parents, in loco parentis (law) |
| ⇒ 伯叔祖母 | [ bó shū zǔ mǔ ] father's father's brother's wife, great aunt |
| ⇒ 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] |
| ⇒ 保母 | [ baǒ mǔ ] variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3] |
| ⇒ 僧帽水母 | [ sēng maò shuǐ mǔ ] (zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis) |
| ⇒ 先大母 | [ xiān dà mǔ ] deceased paternal grandmother |
| ⇒ 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧 | [ ér bù xián mǔ choǔ goǔ bù xián jiā pín ] a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb) |
| ⇒ 公母倆 | [ gōng mǔ liǎ ] husband and wife |
| ⇒ 再生父母 | [ zaì shēng fù mǔ ] like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor |
| ⇒ 分母 | [ fēn mǔ ] denominator of a fraction |
| ⇒ 卵母細胞 | [ luǎn mǔ xì baō ] egg cell |
| ⇒ 叔丈母 | [ shū zhàng mǔ ] wife's aunt |
| ⇒ 叔母 | [ shū mǔ ] aunt, wife of father's younger brother |
| ⇒ 叔祖母 | [ shū zǔ mǔ ] wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother |
| ⇒ 同母異父 | [ tóng mǔ yì fù ] (of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers, half (brother or sister) |
| ⇒ 同父異母 | [ tóng fù yì mǔ ] (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers, half (brother or sister) |
| ⇒ 哺母乳 | [ bǔ mǔ rǔ ] breastfeeding |
| ⇒ 單韻母 | [ dān yùn mǔ ] simple finals |
| ⇒ 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友 | [ zaì jiā kaò fù mǔ chū waì kaò péng you ] one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom) |
| ⇒ 在家靠父母，出門靠朋友 | [ zaì jiā kaò fù mǔ chū mén kaò péng you ] one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom) |
| ⇒ 外祖母 | [ waì zǔ mǔ ] mother's mother, maternal grandmother |
| ⇒ 大寫字母 | [ dà xiě zì mǔ ] capital letters, uppercase letters |
| ⇒ 失敗是成功之母 | [ shī baì shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ ] Failure is the mother of success. |
| ⇒ 奶母 | [ naǐ mǔ ] wet nurse |
| ⇒ 姑母 | [ gū mǔ ] father's sister, paternal aunt |
| ⇒ 姨母 | [ yí mǔ ] mother's sister, maternal aunt |
| ⇒ 姨母笑 | [ yí mǔ ] (neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman) |
| ⇒ 嬸母 | [ shěn mǔ ] wife of father's younger brother, aunt |
| ⇒ 子不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧 | [ zǐ bù xián mǔ choǔ goǔ bù xián jiā pín ] see 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧|儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫[er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2] |
| ⇒ 子母 | [ zǐ mǔ ] mother and son, interest and capital, combination of a large object and a smaller one of the same type |
| ⇒ 子母彈 | [ zǐ mǔ dàn ] (military) cluster bomb, shrapnel |
| ⇒ 子母扣 | [ zǐ mǔ koù ] snap fastener |
| ⇒ 子母炮彈 | [ zǐ mǔ paò dàn ] artillery cluster bomb |
| ⇒ 子母炸彈 | [ zǐ mǔ zhà dàn ] cluster bomb |
| ⇒ 字母 | [ zì mǔ ] letter (of the alphabet), CL:個|个[ge4] |
| ⇒ 字母表 | [ zì mǔ ] alphabet |
| ⇒ 字母詞 | [ zì mǔ cí ] word that contains one or more letters of an alphabet (e.g. HSK, PK, WTO, PO文, PM2.5, γ射線|γ射线[γ she4 xian4]) |
| ⇒ 字母順序 | [ zì mǔ shùn xù ] alphabetical order |
| ⇒ 家母 | [ jiā mǔ ] (polite) my mother |
| ⇒ 寄母 | [ jì mǔ ] foster mother |
| ⇒ 小寫字母 | [ xiě zì mǔ ] lowercase (letters) |
| ⇒ 尼哥底母 | [ ní gē dǐ mǔ ] Nicodemus, prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John |
| ⇒ 岳母 | [ yuè mǔ ] wife's mother, mother-in-law |
| ⇒ 巴黎聖母院 | [ bā lí shèng mǔ yuàn ] Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France) |
| ⇒ 希臘字母 | [ xī là zì mǔ ] Greek alphabet |
| ⇒ 師母 | [ shī mǔ ] term of respect for a teacher's wife |
| ⇒ 座生水母 | [ zuò shēng shuǐ mǔ ] sessile medusa, sea anemone |
| ⇒ 弒母 | [ shì mǔ ] matricide, to commit matricide |
| ⇒ 後母 | [ hoù mǔ ] stepmother |
| ⇒ 從母 | [ cóng mǔ ] maternal aunt |
| ⇒ 慈母 | [ cí mǔ ] warm, caring mother |
| ⇒ 戀母情結 | [ liàn mǔ qíng jié ] Oedipus complex |
| ⇒ 抗母 | [ kàng mǔ ] (loanword) com (as in "dot-com") |
| ⇒ 拉丁字母 | [ lā dīng zì mǔ ] Latin alphabet |
| ⇒ 拼音字母 | [ pīn yīn zì mǔ ] phonetic letters |
| ⇒ 撒母耳記上 | [ sā mǔ ěr jì shàng ] First book of Samuel |
| ⇒ 撒母耳記下 | [ sā mǔ ěr jì xià ] Second book of Samuel |
| ⇒ 教母 | [ mǔ ] godmother |
| ⇒ 曾外祖母 | [ zēng waì zǔ mǔ ] great-grandmother (mother's grandmother) |
| ⇒ 曾祖母 | [ zēng zǔ mǔ ] father's father's mother, paternal great-grandmother |
| ⇒ 曾祖父母 | [ zēng zǔ fù mǔ ] great-grandparents |
| ⇒ 最小公分母 | [ zuì gōng fēn mǔ ] lowest common denominator |
| ⇒ 朝鮮字母 | [ chaó xiǎn zì mǔ ] hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet, Korean letters |
| ⇒ 核動力航空母艦 | [ hé dòng lì háng kōng mǔ jiàn ] nuclear-powered aircraft carrier |
| ⇒ 桃花水母 | [ taó huā shuǐ mǔ ] freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta) |
| ⇒ 櫛水母 | [ jié shuǐ mǔ ] comb jellies (Ctenophora) |
| ⇒ 水母 | [ shuǐ mǔ ] jellyfish, medusa |
| ⇒ 水母體 | [ shuǐ mǔ tǐ ] jellyfish, medusa |
| ⇒ 注音字母 | [ zhù yīn zì mǔ ] see 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4] |
| ⇒ 炸彈之母 | [ zhà dàn zhī mǔ ] Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb |
| ⇒ 燈塔水母 | [ dēng tǎ shuǐ mǔ ] immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) |
| ⇒ 父母 | [ fù mǔ ] father and mother, parents |
| ⇒ 父母親 | [ fù mǔ qīn ] parents |
| ⇒ 父母雙亡 | [ fù mǔ shuāng wáng ] to have lost both one's parents |
| ⇒ 王母 | [ wáng mǔ ] another name for 西王母[Xi1 wang2 mu3], Queen Mother of the West |
| ⇒ 王母 | [ wáng mǔ ] (literary) paternal grandmother |
| ⇒ 王母娘娘 | [ wáng mǔ niáng niáng ] another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West |
| ⇒ 珍珠母 | [ zhēn zhū mǔ ] mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM) |
| ⇒ 珠母 | [ zhū mǔ ] mother-of-pearl |
| ⇒ 生母 | [ shēng mǔ ] natural mother, birth mother |
| ⇒ 生父母 | [ shēng fù mǔ ] biological parents, natural parents |
| ⇒ 異母 | [ yì mǔ ] (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers |
| ⇒ 白雲母 | [ baí yún mǔ ] muscovite, white mica |
| ⇒ 益母 | [ yì mǔ ] motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus) |
| ⇒ 益母草 | [ yì mǔ caǒ ] motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca) |
| ⇒ 盧恩字母 | [ lú ēn zì mǔ ] rune |
| ⇒ 知母 | [ zhī mǔ ] Anemarrhena asphodeloides, rhyzome of Anemarrhena (used in TCM) |
| ⇒ 祖姑母 | [ zǔ gū mǔ ] father's father's sister, great aunt |
| ⇒ 祖母 | [ zǔ mǔ ] father's mother, paternal grandmother |
| ⇒ 祖母綠 | [ zǔ mǔ lǜ ] emerald |
| ⇒ 祖父母 | [ zǔ fù mǔ ] paternal grandparents |
| ⇒ 繼母 | [ jì mǔ ] stepmother |
| ⇒ 繼父母 | [ jì fù mǔ ] step-parents |
| ⇒ 羅馬字母 | [ luó mǎ zì mǔ ] Roman letters, Roman alphabet |
| ⇒ 義母 | [ yì mǔ ] adoptive mother |
| ⇒ 義父母 | [ yì fù mǔ ] adoptive parents |
| ⇒ 聖母 | [ shèng mǔ ] the Virgin Mary |
| ⇒ 聖母 | [ shèng mǔ ] goddess |
| ⇒ 聖母升天節 | [ shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié ] Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August) |
| ⇒ 聖母婊 | [ shèng mǔ ] (Internet slang) sanctimonious bitch |
| ⇒ 聖母峰 | [ shèng mǔ fēng ] Goddess peak (Nepalese: Sagarmatha, Sky Goddess), refers to Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan), Chinese 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰, Mt Everest |
| ⇒ 聖母教堂 | [ shèng mǔ táng ] Church of Our Lady, Frauenkirche |
| ⇒ 聖母瑪利亞 | [ shèng mǔ mǎ lì yà ] Mary (mother of Jesus) |
| ⇒ 聲母 | [ shēng mǔ ] the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable, the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1]) |
| ⇒ 舅母 | [ jiù mǔ ] wife of mother's brother, aunt, maternal uncle's wife |
| ⇒ 航母 | [ háng mǔ ] aircraft carrier, abbr. for 航空母艦|航空母舰[hang2 kong1 mu3 jian4] |
| ⇒ 航空母艦 | [ háng kōng mǔ jiàn ] aircraft carrier, CL:艘[sou1], (coll.) (fig.) sth huge, (like) a whale |
| ⇒ 航空母艦戰鬥群 | [ háng kōng mǔ jiàn zhàn doù qún ] carrier-based vanguard group (CBVG), naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier |
| ⇒ 螺母 | [ luó mǔ ] nut (female component of nut and bolt) |
| ⇒ 螺母螺栓 | [ luó mǔ luó shuān ] nuts and bolts |
| ⇒ 螺絲母 | [ luó sī mǔ ] nut (female component of nut and bolt) |
| ⇒ 衣食父母 | [ yī shí fù mǔ ] the people one depends upon for one's livelihood, one's bread and butter |
| ⇒ 複合母音 | [ fù hé mǔ yīn ] diphthong, compound vowel |
| ⇒ 複韻母 | [ fù yùn mǔ ] compound final |
| ⇒ 褓母 | [ baǒ mǔ ] variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3] |
| ⇒ 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 |
| ⇒ 西里爾字母 | [ xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ ] Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic letters |
| ⇒ 貝母 | [ beì mǔ ] the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii) |
| ⇒ 賢妻良母 | [ xián qī liáng mǔ ] a good wife and loving mother |
| ⇒ 酵母 | [ mǔ ] leaven, yeast |
| ⇒ 酵母菌 | [ mǔ jūn ] yeast, mold |
| ⇒ 酵母醇 | [ mǔ chún ] zymosterol |
| ⇒ 釀母菌 | [ niàng mǔ jūn ] yeast |
| ⇒ 雲母 | [ yún mǔ ] mica |
| ⇒ 零聲母 | [ líng shēng mǔ ] (Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant) |
| ⇒ 需要是發明之母 | [ xū yaò shì fā míng zhī mǔ ] Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb). |
| ⇒ 韓文字母 | [ hán wén zì mǔ ] hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet, Korean letters |
| ⇒ 韻母 | [ yùn mǔ ] the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") |
| ⇒ 養母 | [ yǎng mǔ ] foster mother, adoptive mother |
| ⇒ 餵母乳 | [ weì mǔ rǔ ] breastfeeding |
| ⇒ 首字母 | [ shoǔ zì mǔ ] initial letters |
| ⇒ 首字母拚音詞 | [ shoǔ zì mǔ pīn yīn cí ] acronym |
| ⇒ 首字母縮寫 | [ shoǔ zì mǔ suō xiě ] acronym |
| ⇒ 高祖母 | [ gaō zǔ mǔ ] great-great-grandmother |
| ⇒ 鴇母 | [ baǒ mǔ ] female brothel keeper, a bawd |
| ⇒ 鼻韻母 | [ bí yùn mǔ ] (of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant |
