HSK6: learn ten words at a time

父母 · fùmǔ

parents; father and mother

I / me我wǒweekend周末zhōu mò常给cháng gěifather and mother父母fù mǔto make a telephone call打电话dǎ diàn huà。

wǒ zhōu mò cháng gěi fù mǔ dǎ diàn huà。

Here, 父母: parents; father and mother.

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母女 · mǔnǚ

mother and daughter

this这zhèto / towards / correct对duìmother and daughter母女mǔ nǚall / both都dōuto like喜欢xǐ huanto see看kànstage play话剧huà jù。

zhè duì mǔ nǚ dōu xǐ huan kàn huà jù。

Here, 母女: mother and daughter.

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母亲 · mǔqīn

mother; more formal than 妈妈

I / me我wǒ(modifier / structural particle)的demother母亲mǔ qīnto be / is是shì一名yī míngnurse护士hù shì。

wǒ de mǔ qīn shì yī míng hù shi。

Here, 母亲: mother; more formal than 妈妈.

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母子 · mǔzǐ

mother and son

this这zhèto / towards / correct对duìmother and child母子mǔ ziin the middle of正在zhèng zàipark (for public recreation)公园gōng yuánli, ancient measure of…里lǐto take a walk散步sàn bù。

zhè duì mǔ zǐ zhèng zài gōng yuán lǐ sàn bù。

Here, 母子: mother and son.

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字母 · zìmǔ

letter of an alphabet

this这个zhè gename (of a person or thing)名字míng zì(modifier / structural particle)的de第一个dì yí gèletter (of the alphabet)字母zì mǔto be / is是shìcapital letters大写dà xiě(modifier / structural particle)的de。

zhè ge míng zi de dì yī gè zì mǔ shì dà xiě de。

Here, 字母: letter of an alphabet.

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母 · mǔ

female; used for the female of an animal

母 can identify a female animal, as in 母猫. 公 identifies a male animal. 母 also occurs in compounds concerning mothers or origin, such as 母亲 and 母语; translate the whole expression.

这是zhè shì一只yī zhī母猫mǔ māo。

zhè shì yī zhī mǔ māo。

Here, 母: female; used for the female of an animal.

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母语 · mǔyǔ

native language; a language learned from early childhood

she / her她tā(modifier / structural particle)的denative language母语mǔ yǔto be / is是shìEnglish (language)英语yīng yǔ。

tā de mǔ yǔ shì yīng yǔ。

Here, 母语: native language; a language learned from early childhood.

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