阿妈 meaning in English

āmā

grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother

Traditional 阿媽13 strokes

Meaning of 阿妈

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

āmā
  1. grandma (paternal) (Tw)
  2. (dialect) mother
  3. nurse
  4. amah
  5. (Manchu) father

阿妈 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

阿ā妈mā买mǎi马mǎ。
Your grandmother bought a horse.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

阿 ā · an initial particle · 7 strokes

  1. 1
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  3. 3
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  6. 6
  7. 7

妈 mā · ma · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 阿妈.

妈妈māmamama; mommy
阿姨āyímaternal aunt; term of address for a woman of one's mother's generation
大妈dàmāfather's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
阿拉伯语ĀlābóyǔArabic (language)
他妈的tāmāde(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking
妈咪māmimommy (loanword)
老妈lǎomāmother; mom
阿门āmén(loanword) amen
爸妈bàmādad and mom
姨妈yímā(coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt
姑妈gūmā(coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt
阿拉Ālā(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our

Questions about 阿妈

What does 阿妈 mean?

阿妈 (āmā) means "grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother".

How do you write 阿妈?

阿妈 is made of 2 characters: 阿 (7 strokes), 妈 (6 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

How is 阿妈 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 阿妈 is written 阿媽.