媽

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媽

mā (ma¹) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄇㄚ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
ma¹ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
ма (ma, I) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
maa¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
maa⁴ Cantonese, Jyutping
maa² Cantonese, Jyutping
maa⁵ Cantonese, Jyutping
ma¹ Jin, Wiktionary specific
mā Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
mă Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
má Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
mâ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
ma Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
ma¹ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
ma⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
ma² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
¹ma Wu, Northern, Wugniu
ma¹ Xiang, Changsha, Wiktionary specific
mā Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ma Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
ma¹ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
mā Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
mha Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
ма Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/mä⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
ma Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
/ma⁵⁵/ Mandarin, Chengdu, IPA

Where it comes from

同聲符字 (馬) (鄭張尚芳 (2003))

形聲漢字（上古 *maːʔ）：意符女 + 聲符馬 (上古 *mraːʔ) 。

母 (上古 *mɯʔ, “母親”)的口語形式，繼承自原始漢藏語 *mow (“女人，女性”)。

釋義

母親的愛稱我的媽呀！
一般前帶修飾詞其他年長的女性親屬或女僕
媽祖
obsolete, 孤語母馬

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"媽." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AA%BD. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

媽. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AA%BD

Chicago

"媽." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AA%BD.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {媽},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%AA%BD},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}