- 母亲 mǔqīn mothermother; more formal or respectful than [[妈|媽|ma1]]
- 父母 fùmǔ parentsfather and mother; parents
- 字母 zìmǔ letterletter of an alphabet; one of a set of symbols used to represent sounds in writing
- 祖母 zǔmǔ grandmotherfather's mother; paternal grandmother
- 圣母 shèngmǔ Virgin MaryThe Virgin Mary or Madonna, the mother of Jesus in Christianity.
- 母子 mǔzǐ mother and childmother and child; specifically a mother and her son
- 母猪 mǔzhū sowfemale pig; sow
- 母女 mǔnǚ mother and daughter
- 母校 mǔxiào alma materone's old school; the school from which one has graduated or where one previously studied
- 母乳 mǔrǔ breast milkbreast milk; mother's milk
- 母爱 mǔ'ài maternal lovemotherly love; the love of a mother for her children
- 继母 jìmǔ stepmotherthe wife of one's father by a later marriage
- 母鸡 mǔjī henfemale chicken
- 航空母舰 hángkōngmǔjiàn aircraft carrierA giant warship equipped with a flight deck for aircraft to take off and land, serving as a mobile sea base for naval aircraft.
- 生母 shēngmǔ biological motherbiological mother; one's birth mother, in contrast to an adoptive mother or stepmother
- 祖父母 zǔfùmǔ paternal grandparentspaternal grandparents; grandfather and grandmother on the father's side
- 母体 mǔtǐ mother's bodyThe physical body of a pregnant woman or a female animal carrying young.
- 母细胞 mǔxìbāo mother cell(biology) mother cell; matricyte
- 水母 shuǐmǔ jellyfishjellyfish; any of various gelatinous marine coelenterates, including both Hydrozoa (hydromedusae) and Scyphozoa (true jellyfish)
- 母亲节 mǔqīnjié Mother's DayA holiday honoring mothers, traditionally celebrated on the second Sunday of May
- 母语 mǔyǔ native languageThe language that a person learns first from childhood, usually the language of one's own people or nation; mother tongue
- 母牛 mǔniú cowfemale bovine or cow
- 酵母 jiàomǔ yeastA single-celled fungus used in baking and brewing to cause fermentation; short for [[酵母菌|酵母菌|jiao4 mu3 jun1]]
- 岳母 yuèmǔ mother-in-lawwife's mother
- 父母亲 fùmǔqīn parentsfather and mother; parents
- 养父母 yǎngfùmǔ foster parentsparents who have adopted or are raising a child who is not their biological offspring
- 丈母娘 zhàngmuniáng mother-in-lawmother of one's wife; mother-in-law
- 伯母 bómǔ auntthe wife of one's father's elder brother
- 字母表 zìmǔbiǎo alphabeta list of all the letters used in a language, arranged in a standard order
- 老母 lǎomǔ old motherone's aged or elderly mother
- 母性 mǔxìng maternal instinctmaternal instinct; maternity; the natural instinct of a mother to love and protect her children
- 外祖母 wàizǔmǔ maternal grandmothermaternal grandmother; mother's mother
- 贤妻良母 xiánqīliángmǔ virtuous wife and loving motherA woman who is both a wise and dutiful wife to her husband and a kind and loving mother to her children.
- 母本 mǔběn female parentthe female parent of a plant or animal used for breeding; also called [[母株|母株|mu3 zhu1]]
- 母后 mǔhòu queen mother(literary) formal address used by an emperor, his siblings, or his children to refer to the empress or the empress dowager
- 母羊 mǔyáng ewefemale sheep or goat; ewe or she-goat
- 曾祖母 zēngzǔmǔ great-grandmotherpaternal great-grandmother; father's father's mother
- 亲生父母 qīnshēngfùmǔ biological parentsone's natural or birth parents as distinguished from adoptive parents
- 航母 hángmǔ aircraft carrierabbreviation for [[航空母舰|航空母艦|hang2 kong1 mu3 jian4]]
- 慈母 címǔ loving mothera kind and loving mother, or a respectful and literary term for one's mother
- 子母 zǐmǔ mother and sonmother and child; mother and son
- 人母 rénmǔ mothermother, specifically when referring to a woman's social role or status in relation to her children
- 养母 yǎngmǔ foster motherfoster or adoptive mother; a woman who raises a child who is not her biological offspring
- 母老虎 mǔlǎohǔ tigressfemale tiger; a tigress
- 声母 shēngmǔ initial consonantThe consonant that begins a Chinese syllable in traditional Chinese phonology
- 师母 shīmǔ teacher's wifeRespectful term of address for the wife of one's teacher or master.
- 分母 fēnmǔ denominatorthe number or expression written below the line in a fraction
- 螺母 luómǔ nutThe female component used with a bolt, typically a metal block with a threaded hole used to fasten parts together
- 母舰 mǔjiàn mother shipA naval vessel used to support and repair smaller ships or aircraft
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH