| 1 | 母亲 | 母親 | mǔ qīn | mu3 qin1 | mother; also pr. [mu3 qin5]; Classifiers: 个 [ge4] | | |
| 2 | 母 | 母 | mǔ | mu3 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | | |
| 3 | 母体 | 母體 | mǔ tǐ | mu3 ti3 | (zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent; matrix; (statistics) population; parent population | | |
| 4 | 母子 | 母子 | mǔ zǐ | mu3 zi3 | mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest | | |
| 5 | 母鸡 | 母雞 | mǔ jī | mu3 ji1 | machine tool; mother ship; hen | | |
| 6 | 母猪 | 母豬 | mǔ zhū | mu3 zhu1 | sow; mother pig | | |
| 7 | 母女 | 母女 | mǔ nǚ | mu3 nu:3 | mother-daughter | | |
| 8 | 母牛 | 母牛 | mǔ niú | mu3 niu2 | cow | | |
| 9 | 母系 | 母系 | mǔ xì | mu3 xi4 | maternal; matriarchal | | |
| 10 | 母羊 | 母羊 | mǔ yáng | mu3 yang2 | ewe | | |
| 11 | 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 ) | | |
| 12 | 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 | | |
| 13 | 母胎单身 | 母胎單身 | mǔ tāi dān shēn | mu3 tai1 dan1 shen1 | never been in a romantic relationship | | |
| 14 | 母胎 | 母胎 | mǔ tāi | mu3 tai1 | mother''s womb | | |
| 15 | 母语 | 母語 | mǔ yǔ | mu3 yu3 | native language; mother tongue; (linguistics) parent language | | |
| 16 | 母质 | 母質 | mǔ zhì | mu3 zhi4 | parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment) | | |
| 17 | 母系社会 | 母系社會 | mǔ xì shè huì | mu3 xi4 she4 hui4 | matrilineality | | |
| 18 | 母音调和 | 母音調和 | mǔ yīn tiáo hé | mu3 yin1 tiao2 he2 | vowel harmony (in phonetics) | | |
| 19 | 母校 | 母校 | mǔ xiào | mu3 xiao4 | alma mater | | |
| 20 | 母线 | 母線 | mǔ xiàn | mu3 xian4 | generating line; generatrix (in geometry); bus (in electronics); bus bar | | |
| 21 | 母子垂直感染 | 母子垂直感染 | mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn | mu3 zi3 chui2 zhi2 gan3 ran3 | mother-to-infant transmission | | |
| 22 | 母子连心 | 母子連心 | mǔ zǐ lián xīn | mu3 zi3 lian2 xin1 | mother-child affinity | | |
| 23 | 母音 | 母音 | mǔ yīn | mu3 yin1 | vowel | | |
| 24 | 母题 | 母題 | mǔ tí | mu3 ti2 | motif (loanword); main idea; theme | | |
| 25 | 母兽 | 母獸 | mǔ shòu | mu3 shou4 | mother animal | | |