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媽

简妈 · 繁媽

Mandarin · pinyin mā

ma
mom
mother

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媽: mā · mother, mama
妈: mā · mother, mama

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maa1 · maa2 · maa4 · maa5

Cantonese word readings for 媽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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mom; mum: an affectionate term for a mother
(usually with qualifier) other older female relatives or house-servants
(religion) "The Mother", an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖／妈祖).
(obsolete, hapax legomenon) mare; female horse

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