HSK 6 · Family

岳母 yuèmǔ “mother-in-law (wife’s mother)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 岳母 means

  1. mother-in-law (wife’s mother)
  2. wife’s mother
  3. mother-in-law

How to say 岳母

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale岳yuè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale母mǔ3rd tone, dipping

岳母 in a sentence

  1. 她是我的岳母。

    Tā shì wǒ de yuèmǔ.

    She’s my mother-in-law.

    Sentence #6051013 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 岳母 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 岳 (yuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
岳yuèwife’s parents and paternal uncles
  • 丘mound · qiū
  • 山mountain · shān
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.

How to write 岳母

岳 8 strokes · 母 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 岳母

Words with 母

母亲mǔqīn · mother父母fùmǔ · parents字母zìmǔ · letter (of the alphabet)伯母bómǔ · aunt (wife of father’s elder brother)母语mǔyǔ · mother tongue

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媳妇xífù · daughter-in-law新郎xīnláng · bridegroom新娘xīnniáng · bride婴儿yīng'ér · baby侄子zhízi · nephew (brother’s son)诸位zhūwèi · everyone祖父zǔfù · grandfather (father’s father)祖先zǔxiān · ancestor

FAQs

岳母 (yuèmǔ) means “mother-in-law (wife’s mother)” or “wife’s mother”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yuèmǔ: yuè with a 4th tone, then mǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 岳母 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuemu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 岳母 from the suggestions. Typing yuemu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
岳母 is an HSK 6 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.