HSK 4 · Family

母亲 mǔqīn “mother” in Chinese

Traditional 母親

What 母亲 means

  1. mother

How to say 母亲

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale母mǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale亲qīn1st tone, high and level

母亲 in a sentence

  1. 你母亲怎么样？

    Nǐ mǔqīn zěnmeyàng?

    How’s your mother?

    Sentence #1157379 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他母亲为他担心。

    Tā mǔqīn wèi tā dānxīn.

    His mother worries about him.

    Sentence #842690 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他给我们看他母亲的照片。

    Tā gěi wǒmen kàn tā mǔqīn de zhàopiàn.

    He showed us a photo of his mother.

    Sentence #9972845 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 母亲 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 母 (mǔ) drawn as one shape
母mǔmother

母 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 亲 (qīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
亲qīnparent
  • 立stand · lì
  • 一one · yī
  • 小small · xiǎo

How to write 母亲

母 5 strokes · 亲 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

母亲 (mǔqīn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 母亲 (mǔqīn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 母亲

Words with 母

父母fùmǔ · parents字母zìmǔ · letter (of the alphabet)伯母bómǔ · aunt (wife of father’s elder brother)岳母yuèmǔ · mother-in-law (wife’s mother)母语mǔyǔ · mother tongue

Words with 亲

父亲fùqīn · father亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)亲爱qīn'ài · dear亲切qīnqiè · amiable亲自qīnzì · personally亲密qīnmì · intimate亲热qīnrè · affectionate

More words: People, Body & Health

爱情àiqíng · romance儿童értóng · child房东fángdōng · landlord父亲fùqīn · father年龄niánlíng · (a person’s) age亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)孙子sūnzi · grandson小伙子xiǎohuǒzi · young man

FAQs

母亲 (mǔqīn) means “mother”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it mǔqīn: mǔ with a 3rd tone, then qīn with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 母亲 is written 母親. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type muqin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 母亲 from the suggestions. Typing muqin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
母亲 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.