母系
mǔ xì
Pinyin

Definition

母系
 - 
mǔ xì
  1. maternal
  2. matriarchal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

系
xì
  1. 1 to connect
  2. 2 to relate to
  3. 3 to tie up
  4. 4 to bind
  5. 5 to be (literary)
母亲
mǔ qīn
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 also pr. [mǔ qin]
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
父母
fù mǔ
  1. 1 father and mother
  2. 2 parents
系列
xì liè
  1. 1 series
  2. 2 set
系统
xì tǒng
  1. 1 system
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
联系
lián xì
  1. 1 variant of 聯繫|联系[lián xì]
关系
guān xi
  1. 1 relation
  2. 2 relationship
  3. 3 to concern
  4. 4 to affect
  5. 5 to have to do with
  6. 6 guanxi
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
一系列
yī xì liè
  1. 1 a series of
  2. 2 a string of
丈母娘
zhàng mǔ niáng
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 same as 丈母
伯母
bó mǔ
  1. 1 wife of father's elder brother
  2. 2 aunt
  3. 3 (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
系数
xì shù
  1. 1 coefficient
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 modulus
  4. 4 ratio
字母
zì mǔ
  1. 1 letter (of the alphabet)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
岳母
yuè mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother, mother-in-law
日系
Rì xì
  1. 1 Japanese section (of school)
  2. 2 Japanese-related (business)
母
mǔ
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 elderly female relative
  3. 3 origin
  4. 4 source
  5. 5 (of animals) female
母乳
mǔ rǔ
  1. 1 mother's milk
母女
mǔ nu:3
  1. 1 mother-daughter
母子
mǔ zǐ
  1. 1 mother and child
  2. 2 parent and subsidiary (companies)
  3. 3 principal and interest
母爱
mǔ ài
  1. 1 maternal love
母校
mǔ xiào
  1. 1 alma mater

Idioms (4)

再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
解铃还须系铃人
jiě líng hái xū xì líng rén
  1. 1 lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. whoever started the trouble should end it

Sample Sentences

走婚是纳西族的风俗，他们住在丽江，还过着母系氏族的生活。泼水节是傣族的，我初中时学过。
zǒuhūn shì Nàxīzú de fēngsú ，tāmen zhù zài Lìjiāng ，hái guò zhe mǔxì shìzú de shēnghuó 。Pōshuǐjié shì Dǎizú de ，wǒ chūzhōng shí xué guo 。
The walking marriage is a custom of the Nakhi people - they live in Lijiang and still live in a matriarchal society. The water festival is the Dai people - I learned that in junior high.
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