丈母
zhàng mǔ
Pinyin

Definition

丈母
 - 
zhàng mǔ
  1. wife's mother
  2. mother-in-law

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

丈夫
zhàng fu
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
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
丈母
zhàng mǔ
  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
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]
大丈夫
dà zhàng fu
  1. 1 a manly man
  2. 2 a man of character
姑丈
gū zhàng
  1. 1 husband of paternal aunt
姨丈
yí zhàng
  1. 1 mother's sister's husband
  2. 2 husband of mother's sister
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
方丈
Fāng zhang
  1. 1 one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals
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
母亲节
Mǔ qīn jié
  1. 1 Mother's Day
母鸡
mǔ jī
  1. 1 hen

Idioms (9)

一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
  1. 1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
  3. 3 to take a dive
丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
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)
无毒不丈夫
wú dú bù zhàng fu
  1. 1 no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
万丈高楼平地起
wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ
  1. 1 towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
  2. 2 great oaks from little acorns grow
道高一尺，魔高一丈
dào gāo yī chǐ , mó gāo yī zhàng
  1. 1 virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.
魔高一丈，道高一尺
mó gāo yī zhàng , dào gāo yī chǐ
  1. 1 the devil is ten foot tall, virtue one foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance to stave off evil.

Sample Sentences

好女婿，你丈母娘老夸你呢！
hǎo nǚxu ，nǐ zhàngmuniáng lǎo kuā nǐ ne ！
You're a good son-in-law. Your mother-in-law is always speaking highly of you!
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别提了，我儿子只知道去丈母娘家！
bié tí le ，wǒ érzi zhǐ zhīdào qù zhàngmuniáng jiā ！
Don't bring it up. My son only ever thinks about going to his mother-in-law's!
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去我丈母娘屋里搓麻将。
tɕ’i ŋu zã mu niã oʔ li ts’o mo tɕiã 。
I'm going to my mother-in-law's to play mahjong.
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是的呀，今朝丈母娘生日，阿拉老婆已经豁翎子给我了。
zi tiIʔ ia ，tɕin tsɔ zã mu niã sã niIʔ ，aʔ laʔ lɔ bu ɦi tɕin huaʔ lin tsi po ŋu leʔ 。
Yeah, today is my mother-in-law's birthday, my wife already warned me.
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