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 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
Results beginning with 母
 mǔ qīn mother / also pr. [mu3 qin5] / CL:個|个[ge4]
 mǔ zǐ mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest
 mǔ nu:3 mother and daughter / mother-daughter
 mǔ ài maternal love
 mǔ xiào alma mater
 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1)
 mǔ zhū sow / mother pig
 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language
 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population
 mǔ rǔ breast milk
 mǔ niú cow
 mǔ gǒu bitch
线 mǔ xiàn generating line / generatrix (in geometry) / bus (in electronics) / bus bar
 mǔ xì maternal / matriarchal
 mǔ yáng ewe
 mǔ jī machine tool / mother ship
 mǔ mǎ mare
 mǔ guó home country
 mǔ yīn vowel
 mǔ bǎn motherboard
 mǔ chuán mother ship
 mǔ dàn parent shell (of a cluster bomb)
 mǔ dǎng mother's kinfolk
 mǔ é goose (female)
 mǔ fēng queen bee
 mǔ gǎng home port (of a ship or fleet)
 mǔ hā female husky (dog)
 mǔ qiú cue ball (in billiards)
 mǔ quǎn female dog / bitch
 mǔ sāng the death of one's mother
 mǔ shòu mother animal
 mǔ tāi mother's womb
 mǔ tāng (Tw) (slang) don't / must not / won't do / (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要[bu4 yao4] or 不行[bu4 xing2])
 mǔ tí motif (loanword) / main idea / theme
 mǔ yán host rock
 mǔ zhì parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment)
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solo mǔ tāi s o l o (slang) never been in a romantic relationship
 Mǔ qīn jié Mother's Day
 mǔ gōng sī parent company
 mǔ lǎo hǔ tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen
 mǔ yè chā witch / shrew / vixen
  parent organization
 mǔ hán shù generating function (math.)
 mǔ nàn rì (old) birthday
 mǔ quán zhì matriarchy
 mǔ qún tǐ (statistics) population / parent population
 mǔ rǔ dài substitute for mother's milk / milk powder
 mǔ zhì céng C-horizon
 mǔ rǔ wèi yǎng breastfeeding
  mother-tongue medium
  The Mother's Union
  vertical transmission / perinatal transmission
  parent substance
 mǔ rǔ yù yīng breastfeeding
 mǔ tāi dān shēn never been in a romantic relationship
 mǔ xì shè huì matrilineality
 mǔ yīn tiáo hé vowel harmony (in phonetics)
  Mother and Child Health Week
 mǔ rǔ dài yòng pǐn breast milk substitute
 mǔ rǔ huà nǎi fěn infant formula
  Mother and Child Health Forum
  mother-baby package
 mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn mother-to-infant transmission
 mǔ tǐ tàn qīng huà hé wù parent hydrocarbon
  Woman-Infant Transmission Study Group
  Centre for Breast-feeding Excellence
 mǔ rǔ dài yòng pǐn guó jì xiāo shòu shǒu zé International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
  breast-feeding, weaning and child feeding
  International Symposium of Policy Makers on Breast-feeding
Approximate Results for 母
 fù mǔ father and mother / parents
 zì mǔ letter (of the alphabet) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 háng mǔ aircraft carrier / abbr. for 航空母艦|航空母舰[hang2 kong1 mu3 jian4]
 zǔ mǔ father's mother / paternal grandmother
 Shèng mǔ goddess
 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 luó mǔ nut (female component of nut and bolt)
 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law
 wáng mǔ (literary) paternal grandmother
 jiào mǔ leaven / yeast
 jì mǔ stepmother
 shuǐ mǔ jellyfish / medusa
 shēng mǔ natural mother / birth mother
 cí mǔ warm, caring mother
 shī mǔ term of respect for a teacher's wife
 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1])
 yì mǔ (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers
 yún mǔ mica
 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang")
 yǎng mǔ foster mother / adoptive mother
 hòu mǔ stepmother
 fēn mǔ denominator of a fraction
 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother
 rǔ mǔ wet nurse
 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt
 bǎo mǔ variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3]
 bèi mǔ the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii)
 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife
 jiào mǔ godmother
 zhī mǔ Anemarrhena asphodeloides / rhyzome of Anemarrhena (used in TCM)
 yí mǔ mother's sister / maternal aunt
 yì mǔ adoptive mother
 bǎo mǔ female brothel keeper / a bawd
 zhàng mǔ wife's mother / mother-in-law
 shū mǔ aunt / wife of father's younger brother
 shěn mǔ wife of father's younger brother / aunt
 shì mǔ matricide / to commit matricide
 bǎo mǔ variant of 保姆[bao3 mu3]
 cóng mǔ maternal aunt
 dài mǔ godmother / surrogate mother
 jì mǔ foster mother
 kàng mǔ (loanword) com (as in "dot-com")
 nǎi mǔ wet nurse
 rén mǔ mother (as a social role)
 shī mǔ term of respect for your teacher's wife
 shì mǔ wife of father's elder brother (old)
 wáng mǔ deceased mother
 yì mǔ motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus)
 zhū mǔ mother-of-pearl
 zǐ mǔ mother and son / interest and capital / combination of a large object and a smaller one of the same type
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 fù mǔ qīn parents
 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law / same as 丈母
 shǒu zì mǔ initial letters
 zǔ fù mǔ paternal grandparents
西 Xī wáng mǔ Xi Wangmu, Queen Mother of the West, keeper of the peaches of immortality / popularly known as 王母娘娘
 wài zǔ mǔ mother's mother / maternal grandmother
 jiào mǔ jūn yeast / saccharomycete
绿 zǔ mǔ lu:4 emerald
 yì mǔ cǎo motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother
 zì mǔ biǎo alphabet
 wèi mǔ rǔ breastfeeding
 zǐ mǔ dàn (military) cluster bomb / shrapnel
  Lighter aboard Ship
 bái yún mǔ muscovite / white mica
 bí yùn mǔ (of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant
 bǔ mǔ rǔ breastfeeding
 dān yùn mǔ simple finals
 fù yùn mǔ compound final
 gāo zǔ mǔ great-great-grandmother
 gōng mǔ liǎ husband and wife
 jiào mǔ chún zymosterol
 jié shuǐ mǔ comb jellies (Ctenophora)
 jì fù mǔ step-parents
 líng shēng mǔ (Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant)
 luó sī mǔ nut (female component of nut and bolt)
 niàng mǔ jūn yeast
 shēng fù mǔ biological parents / natural parents
 shèng mǔ biǎo (Internet slang) sanctimonious bitch
 Shèng mǔ fēng Goddess peak (Nepalese: Sagarmatha, Sky Goddess) / refers to Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan), Chinese 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰 / Mt Everest
 shuǐ mǔ tǐ jellyfish / medusa
 shū zhàng mǔ wife's aunt
 shū zǔ mǔ wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
 xiān dà mǔ deceased paternal grandmother
 yì fù mǔ adoptive parents
 yí mǔ xiào (neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman)
 zhēn zhū mǔ mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM)
 zì mǔ cí word that contains one or more letters of an alphabet (e.g. HSK, PK, WTO, PO文, PM2.5, γ射線|γ射线[&gamma / she4 xian4])
 zǐ mǔ kòu snap fastener
 zǔ gū mǔ father's father's sister / great aunt
 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier / CL:艘[sou1] / (coll.) (fig.) sth huge / (like) a whale
 xián qī liáng mǔ a good wife and loving mother
 liàn mǔ qíng jié Oedipus complex
 zài shēng fù mǔ like a second parent (idiom) / one's great benefactor
 Lā dīng zì mǔ Latin alphabet
 pīn yīn zì mǔ phonetic letters
 Wáng mǔ niáng niáng another name for Xi Wangmu 西王母, Queen Mother of the West
 xī là zì mǔ Greek alphabet
 yī shí fù mǔ the people one depends upon for one's livelihood / one's bread and butter
 Zhù yīn Zì mǔ see 注音符號|注音符号[zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4]
  social mother
  surrogate mother
  submunition dispenser / dispenser
  bus
  genetic mother
  lactating mother
 bó shū zǔ mǔ father's father's brother's wife / great aunt
 céng zǔ fù mǔ great-grandparents
 Cháo xiǎn zì mǔ hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean letters
 dài lǐ yùn mǔ (Tw) surrogacy / surrogate pregnancy / surrogate mother
 dài tì fù mǔ in place of sb's parents / in loco parentis (law)
 dài yùn mǔ qīn surrogate mother
 dà xiě zì mǔ capital letters / uppercase letters
 dēng tǎ shuǐ mǔ immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)
 èr chóng mǔ yīn diphthong
 fù hé mǔ yīn diphthong / compound vowel
 fù mǔ shuāng wáng to have lost both one's parents
 Hán wén zì mǔ hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean letters
 jīn gāng hài mǔ Vajrayogini
 luǎn mǔ xì bāo egg cell
 lú ēn zì mǔ rune
 Luó mǎ zì mǔ Roman letters / Roman alphabet
 luó mǔ luó shuān nuts and bolts
 Ní gē dǐ mǔ Nicodemus, prominent Jew of the time of Christ, mentioned in the Gospel of John
 sēng mào shuǐ mǔ (zoology) Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)
 shèng mǔ jiào táng Church of Our Lady / Frauenkirche
 shēng shēn fù mǔ biological parent
 táo huā shuǐ mǔ freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta)
 tóng fù yì mǔ (of siblings) having the same father but different mothers / half (brother or sister)
 tóng mǔ yì fù (of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers / half (brother or sister)
 xiǎo xiě zì mǔ lowercase (letters)
 yóu mǔ yán zhì kerogen
 zēng wài zǔ mǔ great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)
 zēng zǔ fù mǔ great-grandparents
 zhà dàn zhī mǔ Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
 zǐ mǔ pào dàn artillery cluster bomb
 zì mǔ shùn xù alphabetical order
 zǐ mǔ zhà dàn cluster bomb
 zǔ mǔ bào lóng Aviatyrannis
 zuò shēng shuǐ mǔ sessile medusa / sea anemone
 Shèng mǔ Mǎ lì yà Mary (mother of Jesus)
  Foster Parents Plan / Plan
  International Mother Language Day
  parental rights
 bā lí shèng mǔ yuàn Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France)
 quán mǔ rǔ wèi yǎng exclusive breastfeeding
 Sā mǔ ěr jì shàng First book of Samuel
 Sā mǔ ěr jì shàng First book of Samuel
 Sā mǔ ěr jì xià Second book of Samuel
 Sā mǔ ěr jì xià Second book of Samuel
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