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cwest -
I was woundering if someone could help me out in finding or providing me with a real good image of
the chinese character for Mother. It has very special meaning between my mom since she has passed
away and I'm having a hard time finding the correct one.
Thanks in advanced.
Chris.
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xuechengfeng -
妈
or
母
or
娘
Don't take my word for it, but I would imagine the 1st one is more informal and 2nd is more
formal. I'm not very experienced or native like others, but I've never seen the 3rd one used.
Ncao -
媽=mom
母親 and 娘 (mostly used during the olden days) = mother
roddy -
Assuming this is for a tattoo or some other kind of momento, are there any suitable chengyu?
yiwei -
妣(bǐ ), also as 先妣, is a literary expression of someone's mother only when she has passed
away. it is not a daily Chinese, usually used in a memorial or written on a tombstone something.
there is a Chinese idiom, 如丧考妣(rú sàng kǎo bǐ ), which describes someone who is
extremely sad, like his parents passed away.
but it might be not suitable for a tattoo i think. also it is kind of weird to get a tattoo of a
character of mother. a tattoo with the name of mom is better.
nipponman -
Personally, I prefer 嬤 ma1. 嬤嬤 looks cooler than 媽媽 IMO.
amego -
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Personally, I prefer 嬤 ma1. 嬤嬤 looks cooler than 媽媽 IMO.
Hmmm 嬤 and 嫲 are commonly used in written dialect to mean "Grandmother".
HashiriKata -
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Hmmm 嬤 and 嫲 are commonly used in written dialect to mean "Grandmother".
What's wrong with having "Grandmother" as a tattoo, huh ????
Gestalt -
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Originally Posted by Hashirikata
What's wrong with having "Grandmother" as a tattoo, huh ????
well at least that's one tattoo you won't regret when you're 60 years old!
nipponman -
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Originally Posted by amego
Hmmm 嬤 and 嫲 are commonly used in written dialect to mean "Grandmother".
While I agree that the modern usage of this character is for "grandmother", many sources seem to
indicate that 嬤 and 媽 are variants of each other, see The Chinese Etymology Page
P.s.
I have never seen 嫲 before, and by all acounts it is not in the standard character set, where
did you come across this character? Is it fairly common in your daily discourse?
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