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{{also|妈}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=38|rad=女|as=10|sn=13|four=41427|canj=VSQF|ids=⿰女馬}}

====Derived characters====
* {{l|mul|[[𢢷]]}}

====Related characters====
* {{l|mul|[[妈]]}} ''({{w|Simplified Chinese}})''

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0268.210|dkj=06590|dj=0535.400|hdz=21070.120|uh=5ABD}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=妈}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|女|馬|ls=psc|c1=s|c2=p}}.

===Etymology===
Colloquial form of {{och-l|母|mother}}, from {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*mow||woman, female}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=mā
|m-s=ma1
|dg=ма1
|c=maa1,maa4,maa2,maa5
|c_note=maa1 - mother; maa4 - alternative form of {{zh-l|嫲|paternal grandmother}}; maa2 - maid; maa5 - "Mazu", particularly in {{zh-l|媽祖|tr=-}}
|h=pfs=
|j=ma1
|mb=mā
|md=mă
|mn=má/qz,xm:mâ/xm,zz:ma
|mn-t=ma1/ma5/ma2
|mn-t_note=ma1/ma5 - "mother" or "female elder member in the family" (ma5 - more common form); ma2 - "paternal grandmother" ({{zh-l|阿媽|tr=-}}) or "maternal grandmother" ({{zh-l|外媽|tr=-}})
|w=sh,sz:1ma
|x=ma1
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=n,pn
}}

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# [[mom]]; [[mum]]: an [[affectionate]] [[term]] for a [[mother]]
#: {{zh-x|我 的 媽 呀！|Oh my '''God'''! ''[Literally: Oh my '''Mom'''!]''|}}
# {{lb|zh|usually with qualifier}} [[other]] [[older]] [[female]] [[relative]]s or [[house]]-[[servant]]s
# {{lb|zh|religion}} "The [[mother|Mother]]", an [[epithet]] of the [[Fujian]]ese [[sea]] [[goddess]] [[Mazu]] ({{zh-l|媽祖|tr=-}}).
# {{lb|zh|obsolete|hapax legomenon}} [[mare]]; female horse

====Synonyms====
{{zh-dial|媽媽}}
{{zh-dial|媽媽-2}}

===Compounds===
{{col3|zh|他媽的|媽媽|契媽|乾媽|媽祖|亂兒媽|大媽|小老媽|奶媽|媽兒|媽祖婆|媽咪|後媽|小媽兒|姨媽|媽祖誕辰|嬤嬤媽|媽祖生|媽子|姑媽|婆媽|七娘媽|爹媽|星媽|死爹哭媽|阿媽|罵爺罵媽|舅媽|老媽子|觀音媽|老媽|老阿媽|黑區媽區|姆媽|媽打|肏你媽|肏你媽屄|肏你媽的屄|大媽媽|全職媽媽|媽媽教室|媽媽令兒|媽媽論兒|媽媽樂|媽媽頭|婆婆媽媽|不婚媽媽|未婚媽媽|移民媽媽|道媽媽子|陳媽媽|丈媽|丟那媽|他媽|他媽媽|你媽的|使媽|媒媽媽|媽媽子|媽巴子|媽拉巴子|媽的|實媽兒|小媽|梳頭媽子|祖媽|翁媽|蝎子媽|阿珠媽}}

===Descendants===
* {{desc|th|ม้า|bor=1}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=女10}}

# [[mother]]

====Readings====
* {{ja-readings
|goon=も
|kanon=ぼ
|kanyoon=ま
|kun=はは-}}

===Compounds===
* {{ja-r|阿媽|あま}}
* {{ja-r|阿媽港|あまこう}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|hangeul=마|rv=ma|mr=ma}}

# [[mother]]
# [[grandmother]]

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=mụ, má, mã, mợ, ma|rs=女10}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=女10}}