Mom in Chinese (Mandarin): 妈妈 (māma)
妈妈
māma
mom
- Simplified
- 妈妈
- Traditional
- 媽媽
- Pinyin
- māma
- Typed as
- mama
Use it in a sentence
妈妈爱我。
媽媽愛我。
Mom loves me.
The characters in 妈妈
妈 / 媽
Mom. 女 (woman) on the left; 马 (mǎ, horse) on the right gives the sound.
6 strokes
The first 妈 is first tone, high and flat; the second is neutral, short and light: mā-ma. Children also say just 妈 (mā).
More examples with 妈妈
妈妈做饭。
媽媽做飯。
Māma zuò fàn.
Mom cooks.
我和妈妈去公园。
我和媽媽去公園。
Wǒ hé māma qù gōngyuán.
Mom and I go to the park.
How to write 妈妈 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
妈 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
媽 13 strokes
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