妈妈
māma
mom, mother
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 妈妈做饭很好吃。Mom's cooking is really delicious.
- 妈妈,我回来了。Mom, I'm home.
Collocations
妈妈做饭我妈亲妈
Mnemonic
妈妈 māma "mom" — reduplication of 妈 (woman 女 + phonetic 马). The "ma" sound is universal across languages (Korean "eomma", Spanish "mamá", Japanese "mama"). Formal: 母亲 mǔqīn.
Quick check
爸爸 + 妈妈 = ?