cí​mǔ

loving mother

Senses

慈母 cí​mǔ loving mother

a kind and loving mother, or a respectful and literary term for one's mother

慈母 cí​mǔ surrogate mother

a father's concubine who raised a child as her own, typically because the biological mother died or the concubine was childless

References

classifier 慈母/慈母 位/位
antonym 严父/嚴父 慈母/慈母