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媽
咪
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妈
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Jyutping
maa1 mi4
Pinyin
mā mi
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
mommy (loanword)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞、外來語
即係阿媽,係英文mummy嘅音譯。更加親暱嘅叫法。
mother; mummy; mum; a closer address than 阿媽Aa3Maa4
媽咪,你幾時返屋企啊?
妈咪,你几时返屋企啊?
maa1 mi4, nei5 gei2 si4 faan1 uk1 kei2 aa3?
Mum, when are you back home?
唔使驚,媽咪喺度。
唔使惊,妈咪喺度。
m4 sai2 geng1, maa1 mi4 hai2 dou6.
Don't panic, mum's here.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, Cantonese, Taiwan
mummy; mommy
(syn.) 老媽子, 母親 <>, 哀, 俺母, 波波呀, 俺乸 <>, 波波, 姨 dated, 哀哩 <>, 黎山老 slang, 嫫, 媽咪 childish, 阿娘 dated, 姨仔, 尼母, 阿嫂, 阿奶, 家母, 阿姐, 娘嬭 <>, 媽, 阿大, 姐佬, 俺母 <>, 老乸 <>, 哀仔 <>, 哀仔, 尼嫂 dated, 哀哩, 娘老子 <>, 姆姆, 娘嬭 dated, 孟子見 dated slang, 卡桑, 嫂 dated, 唔媽, 母兒, 奶, 老母, 阿姆 <>, 娘, 老乸, 阿娘 Hui, 娘老, 阿姨, 阿娘子 used with minorities, 尼母 <>, 母 <>, 嬤, 依媽, 大老, 額娘 dated, 老娘 <>, 姆㜷, 姆, 娘老 <>, 波哇, 嬸, 娘 <>, 嬭, humorous, 阿嫂 dated, 歐卡桑, 𫰎, 呀波呀, Manchus, 老媽子 <>, dated, 嘔傴 euphemistic, 俺乸, 大兒, 老乸 Changping, 哀 <>, 阿媼 dated, 阿家, 大, 媽媽 childish, 哀子 <>, 姐佬 <>, 老媽 <>, 老奶, 阿媽, 乳子 <>, 阿母仔, 老哀, 阿嫲, 老媽, 阿奶 <>, 阿嬡 <>, 老媽 humorous, 奶 <>, 依娜, 阿娘, 阿娘 <>, 哀子, 嫲, 媽爺, 母仔, 阿母, 阿嬸, 咉奶, 老母 <>, 尼嫂 <>, 尼姨 dated, 老奶 <>, 乳子, 姆媽, 俺娘仔, 媽媽, 娘嬭, 媽咪, 娘老子, 依爺, 嬡, 阿姈, 姐, 阿姆, 阿仔, 阿嬡, 波, 媽 <>, Changping, <> - non-face-to-face, 母親, 老娘, 母, 姆娓, 俺母仔, 媽打, 媽兒, 嫂, 尼姨 <>, 嬸嬸, 依奶, 嬡 <>, 阿依, 依呀
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
媽媽 – 妈妈
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
妈咪,我可以去游泳吗?
媽咪,我可以去游泳嗎?
mā mi , wǒ kě yǐ qù yóu yǒng ma ?
Mommy, may I go swimming?
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
Cantonese
妈咪买咗架新单车畀我。
媽咪買咗架新單車畀我。
maa1 mi4 maai5 zo2 gaa2 san1 daan1 ce1 bei2 ngo5 。
My mother bought me a new bicycle.
Cantonese
睇到呢个,我就会谂起妈咪。
睇到呢個,我就會諗起媽咪。
tai2 dou3 nei4 go3 , ngo5 zau6 wui2 nam2 hei2 maa1 mi4 。
I remember my mother when I see this.
Cantonese
佢妈咪嚟接佢喇。
佢媽咪嚟接佢喇。
keoi5 maa1 mi4 lai4 zip3 keoi5 laa3 。
His mother came to pick him up.
Cantonese
妈咪!𠮶个姐姐同𠮶个哥哥喺到拖手手,佢哋一定系好好嘅朋友喇!
媽咪!嗰個姐姐同嗰個哥哥喺到拖手手,佢哋一定係好好嘅朋友喇!
maa1 mi4 ! go2 go3 ze2 ze2 tung4 go2 go3 go1 go1 hai2 dou3 to1 sau2 sau2 , keoi5 dei2 jat1 ding6 hai6 hou2 hou2 ge3 pang4 jau5 laa3 !
Mama! That lady and man are holding hands, they're great friends aren't they!
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
我爸爸嘅厨艺好好,所以妈咪从来都唔驶煮饭。
我爸爸嘅廚藝好好,所以媽咪從來都唔駛煮飯。
ngo5 baa4 baa1 ge3 cyu4 ngai6 hou2 hou2, so2 ji5 maa1 mi4 cung4 loi4 dou1 m4 sai2 zyu2 faan6.
My dad's culinary skills are so good that my mum never needs to cook.
Cantonese
妈咪话唔好饮汽水㖞!
媽咪話唔好飲汽水喎!
maa1 mi4 waa6 m4 hou2 jam2 hei3 seoi2 wo5!
Mother said we shouldn't drink soft drinks!
Cantonese
妈咪出街𠮶阵,我就会负责睇住我细佬。
媽咪出街嗰陣,我就會負責睇住我細佬。
maa1 mi4 ceot1 gaai1 go2 zan6, ngo5 zau6 wui5 fu6 zaak3 tai2 zyu6 ngo5 sai3 lou2.
I look after my younger brother when mum is out.
Cantonese
妈咪无微不至噉照顾我哋,我哋好应该孝顺佢嘅。
媽咪無微不至噉照顧我哋,我哋好應該孝順佢嘅。
maa1 mi4 mou4 mei4 bat1 zi3 gam2 ziu3 gu3 ngo5 dei6, ngo5 dei6 hou2 jing1 goi1 haau3 seon6 keoi5 ge3.
Mum looks after us meticulously, we should be filial towards her.
Cantonese
妈咪唔舍得留低啲仔女喺香港,自己去巴黎做嘢。
媽咪唔捨得留低啲仔女喺香港,自己去巴黎做嘢。
maa1 mi4 m4 se2 dak1 lau4 dai1 di1 zai2 neoi2 hai2 hoeng1 gong2, zi6 gei2 heoi3 baa1 lai4 zou6 je5.
媽媽捨不得留下孩子們在香港,獨自去巴黎工作。
The mother doesn't want to leave her children in Hong Kong while she works in Paris.