媽
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See also: 妈
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Han character
媽 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女尸手火 (VSQF), four-corner 41427, composition ⿰女馬)
Derived characters
- 𢢷
Related characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 268, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6590
- Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 40
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1070, character 12
- Unihan data for U+5ABD
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ).
Etymology
Colloquial form of 母 (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“woman, female”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ma1
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ма (ma, I)
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maa1 / maa4 / maa2 / maa5
- Jin (Wiktionary): ma1
- Northern Min (KCR): mā
- Eastern Min (BUC): mă
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 1ma
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ma1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ma
- Wade–Giles: ma1
- Yale: mā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
- Palladius: ма (ma)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: ma1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ma
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ма (ma, I)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma²⁴/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: maa1 / maa4 / maa2 / maa5
- Yale: mā / màh / má / máh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa1 / maa4 / maa2 / maa5
- Guangdong Romanization: ma1 / ma4 / ma2 / ma5
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː⁵⁵/, /maː²¹/, /maː³⁵/, /maː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note:
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ma1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ma¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mā
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mă
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâ
- Tâi-lô: mâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: maa
- IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /mã²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ma
- Tâi-lô: ma
- Phofsit Daibuun: maf
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mã⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ma1 / ma5 / ma2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ma / mâ / má
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma³³/, /ma⁵⁵/, /ma⁵²/
Note:
- Middle Chinese: muX
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*maːʔ/
Definitions
媽
- mom; mum: an affectionate term for a mother
- (usually with qualifier) other older female relatives or house-servants
- (religion) "The Mother", an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖／妈祖).
- (obsolete, hapax) mare; female horse
Synonyms
Compounds
- 七娘媽／七娘妈
- 丈媽／丈妈
- 不婚媽媽／不婚妈妈
- 丟那媽／丢那妈
- 乾媽／干妈 (gānmā)
- 亂兒媽／乱儿妈
- 他媽／他妈 (tāmā)
- 他媽媽／他妈妈
- 他媽的／他妈的 (tāmāde)
- 你媽的／你妈的 (nǐmāde)
- 使媽／使妈
- 全職媽媽／全职妈妈
- 大媽／大妈 (dàmā)
- 大媽媽／大妈妈
- 契媽／契妈
- 奶媽／奶妈 (nǎimā)
- 姆媽／姆妈
- 姑媽／姑妈 (gūmā)
- 姨媽／姨妈 (yímā)
- 婆婆媽媽／婆婆妈妈
- 婆媽／婆妈
- 媒媽媽／媒妈妈
- 媽兒／妈儿
- 媽咪／妈咪 (māmi)
- 媽媽／妈妈
- 媽媽令兒／妈妈令儿
- 媽媽子／妈妈子
- 媽媽教室／妈妈教室
- 媽媽樂／妈妈乐
- 媽媽論兒／妈妈论儿
- 媽媽頭／妈妈头
- 媽子／妈子
- 媽巴子／妈巴子
- 媽打／妈打
- 媽拉巴子／妈拉巴子
- 媽的／妈的 (māde)
- 媽祖／妈祖 (Māzǔ)
- 媽祖婆／妈祖婆
- 媽祖生／妈祖生
- 媽祖誕辰／妈祖诞辰
- 嬤嬤媽／嬷嬷妈
- 實媽兒／实妈儿
- 小媽／小妈
- 小媽兒／小妈儿
- 小老媽／小老妈
- 後媽／后妈 (hòumā)
- 星媽／星妈
- 未婚媽媽／未婚妈妈
- 梳頭媽子／梳头妈子
- 死爹哭媽／死爹哭妈
- 爹媽／爹妈 (diēmā)
- 祖媽／祖妈
- 移民媽媽／移民妈妈
- 罵爺罵媽／骂爷骂妈
- 翁媽／翁妈
- 老媽／老妈 (lǎomā)
- 老媽子／老妈子 (lǎomāzi)
- 老阿媽／老阿妈
- 肏你媽／肏你妈 (cào nǐ mā)
- 肏你媽屄／肏你妈屄 (càonǐmābī)
- 肏你媽的屄／肏你妈的屄
- 舅媽／舅妈 (jiùmā)
- 蝎子媽
- 觀音媽／观音妈
- 道媽媽子／道妈妈子
- 阿媽／阿妈
- 阿珠媽／阿珠妈 (āzhūmā)
- 陳媽媽／陈妈妈
- 黑區媽區／黑区妈区
Descendants
- → Thai: ม้า (máa)
Kanji
媽
Readings
Compounds
- 阿媽 (ama)
- 阿媽港 (amakō)
Hanja
Han character
媽: Hán Nôm readings: mụ, má, mã, mợ, ma
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