| 1 | 母亲 | 母親 | mǔ qīn | mu3 qin1 | mother; also pr. [mu3 qin5]; Classifiers: 个 [ge4] | | |
| 2 | 父母 | 父母 | fù mǔ | fu4 mu3 | father and mother; parents | | |
| 3 | 母 | 母 | mǔ | mu3 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | | |
| 4 | 字母 | 字母 | zì mǔ | zi4 mu3 | letter (of the alphabet); Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 5 | 母体 | 母體 | mǔ tǐ | mu3 ti3 | (zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent; matrix; (statistics) population; parent population | | |
| 6 | 祖母 | 祖母 | zǔ mǔ | zu3 mu3 | father's mother; paternal grandmother | | |
| 7 | 母子 | 母子 | mǔ zǐ | mu3 zi3 | mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest | | |
| 8 | 母猪 | 母豬 | mǔ zhū | mu3 zhu1 | sow; mother pig | | |
| 9 | 母女 | 母女 | mǔ nǚ | mu3 nu:3 | mother-daughter | | |
| 10 | 母牛 | 母牛 | mǔ niú | mu3 niu2 | cow | | |
| 11 | 母系 | 母系 | mǔ xì | mu3 xi4 | maternal; matriarchal | | |
| 12 | 母羊 | 母羊 | mǔ yáng | mu3 yang2 | ewe | | |
| 13 | 母胎 | 母胎 | mǔ tāi | mu3 tai1 | mother''s womb | | |
| 14 | 子母扣 | 子母扣 | zǐ mǔ kòu | zi3 mu3 kou4 | snap fastener | | |
| 15 | 母胎solo | 母胎solo | mǔ tāi s o l o | mu3 tai1 s o l o | (slang) never been in a romantic relationship | | |
| 16 | 母胎单身 | 母胎單身 | mǔ tāi dān shēn | mu3 tai1 dan1 shen1 | never been in a romantic relationship | | |
| 17 | 母汤 | 母湯 | mǔ tāng | mu3 tang1 | (Tw) (slang) don't; must not; won't do; (from Taiwanese 毋通 , Tai-lo pr. [m̄-thang], similar to Mandarin 不要 or 不行 ) | | |
| 18 | 父母双亡 | 父母雙亡 | fù mǔ shuāng wáng | fu4 mu3 shuang1 wang2 | to have lost both one's parents | | |
| 19 | 座生水母 | 座生水母 | zuò shēng shuǐ mǔ | zuo4 sheng1 shui3 mu3 | sessile medusa; sea anemone | | |
| 20 | 代替父母 | 代替父母 | dài tì fù mǔ | dai4 ti4 fu4 mu3 | in place of sb's parents; in loco parentis (law) | | |
| 21 | 大写字母 | 大寫字母 | dà xiě zì mǔ | da4 xie3 zi4 mu3 | capital letters; uppercase letters | | |
| 22 | 从母 | 從母 | cóng mǔ | cong2 mu3 | maternal aunt | | |
| 23 | 慈母败子 | 慈母敗子 | cí mǔ bài zǐ | ci2 mu3 bai4 zi3 | a fond mother spoils the son (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 伯母 | 伯母 | bó mǔ | bo2 mu3 | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother); Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 25 | 鼻韵母 | 鼻韻母 | bí yùn mǔ | bi2 yun4 mu3 | (of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant | | |