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大妈

dàmā

auntie (respectful address)

An elderly woman offering a bun
Memory picture

Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

妈 mā

Strokes
6
Radical
女 — woman, girl
Made of
女 woman, girl 马 horse
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 妈

Example phrases

  • 大妈您好。 Dàmā nín hǎo. Hello, auntie.
  • 大妈买菜。 Dàmā mǎi cài. The auntie buys vegetables.
  • 我帮大妈。 Wǒ bāng dàmā. I help the elderly woman.

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