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HSK 1noun

妈

Traditional: 媽

mā

妈 (mā) means “ma; mom; mother”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese character (traditional 媽) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.

Stroke order

Practice writing

Example

我妈在做饭。

Wǒ mā zài zuòfàn.

My mom is cooking.

Words containing 妈

妈妈mā mamama; mommy; mother大妈dà māfather's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)

More HSK 1 vocabulary

HSK 1 →
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute); (used to form a nominal expression); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); also pr. [dì] or [di] in poetry and songs八bāeight; 8爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)我wǒI; me; my杯子bēi zicup; glass是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)你好nǐ hǎohello北京běi jīngBeijing, capital of the People's Republic of China你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

Frequently asked questions

What does 妈 mean?
妈 (mā) means “ma; mom; mother”. It is an HSK 1 word.
How is 妈 pronounced?
妈 is pronounced “mā” in pinyin.
What HSK level is 妈?
妈 belongs to HSK 1 in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
How do you write 妈?
Follow the stroke-order animation above; 妈 is written using standard stroke order. Practice it in the writing trainer.

Updated: 2026-07-18