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mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: mu3
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nounorigin; parent; mother
nounfemale (animals or birds)
nounmother; female parent
nounfemale elders (in the clan or among relations)
kai˗₃契fuˍ₆父mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: qi4 fu4 mu3
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noungodparents
fukˉ¹複wanˍ₆韻mouˏ₅母
简 复韵母
Pinyin: fu4 yun4 mu3
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noundiphthong
mouˏ₅母ziˊ²子pingˎ₄平onˉ¹安
Pinyin: mu3 zi3 ping2 an1
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nounmother and child are safe and sound (usually after giving birth)
joengˏ₅養mouˏ₅母
简 养母
Pinyin: yang3 mu3
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nounfoster mother
ngoiˍ₆外zouˊ²祖mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: wai4 zu3 mu3
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nounmother's mother; maternal grandmother | Direct address: 婆婆 /po4 po42/; 阿婆 | [粵]: 外婆
mouˏ₅母gwok˗₃國
简 母国
Pinyin: mou3 guo2
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nounmother country
nounthe home country; the motherland
gaau˗₃酵mouˏ₅母kwanˊ²菌
Pinyin: jiao4 mu3 jun1
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nounyeast
doiˍ₆代mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: dai4 mu3
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nounsurrogate mother
jiˏ₅以mouˏ₅母jyuˏ₅語hokˍ₆學zaapˍ₆習
简 以母语学习
Pinyin: yi3 mu3 yu3 xue2 xi2
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nounlearning in the mother tongue
loˎ₄螺siˉ¹絲mouˊ²母
简 螺丝母
Pinyin: luo2 si1 mu3
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nouna nut (for a screw, bolt)
ziˍ₆字mouˏ₅母biuˊ²表
Pinyin: zi4 mu3 biao3
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nounalphabet (set of letters arranged in a particular order)
mouˏ₅母haauˍ₆校
Pinyin: mu3 xiao4
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nounalma mater, the school, college, or university that one has attended | "Alma mater" means "kind mother" in Latin by the way.
seoiˊ²水mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: shui3 mu3
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nounjellyfish -- refers to all jellyfish in general; to refer to the kind that can be eaten, use 海蜇
ziˊ²子mouˊ²母gungˉ¹公siˉ¹司
Pinyin: zi3 mou3 gong1 si1
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nounsubsidiary and parent companies:
nounrefering to companies that are in a parent-subsidiary relationship
fuˍ₆父mouˏ₅母gunˉ¹官
Pinyin: fu4 mu3 guan1
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nounofficial in charge; ranking official
nouna high ranking official
siuˊ²小seˊ²寫ziˍ₆字mouˏ₅母
简 小写字母
Pinyin: xiao3 xie3 zi4 mu3
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nounlowercase (letters)
zouˊ²祖mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: zu3 mu3
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noungrandmother (formal address) | [粵]: 阿嫲
baak˗₃伯sukˉ¹叔zouˊ²祖mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: bo2 shu1 zu3 mu3
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nounfather's father's brother's wife; great aunt
lyunˊ²戀mouˏ₅母
简 恋母
Pinyin: lian4 mu3
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nouna mother fixation
ziˊ²子mouˊ²母kau˗₃扣
Pinyin: zi3 mou3 kou4
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nounsnap fasteners, snap buckles
zoi˗₃再sangˉ¹生fuˍ₆父mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: zai4 sheng1 fu4 mu3
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nounone's great benefactor, one's second parent (said with gratitude of a person who has saved or spared one's life)
ziˊ²子mouˏ₅母congˊ²廠
简 子母厂
Pinyin: zi3 mu3 chang3
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nounparent and subsidiary factories
mouˏ₅母jiˎ₄儀tinˉ¹天haaˍ₆下
简 母仪天下
Pinyin: mu3 yi2 tian1 xia4
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nounbe a motherly role-model for the nation (said of an empress)
mouˏ₅母ziˊ²子seoiˎ₄垂zikˍ₆直gamˊ²感jimˏ₅染
Pinyin: mu3 zi3 chui2 zhi2 gan3 ran3
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nounmother-to-infant transmission