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大妈

dà māㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄚ

Sino-Vietnamese: ĐẠI MA

Traditional: 大媽

HSK 3.0 · 5

Meaning(noun)

father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)

Examples

  • 每天晚上，广场上有很多大妈在跳舞。

    měi tiān wǎn shàng, guǎng chǎng shàng yǒu hěn duō dà mā zài tiào wǔ.

    Every evening many older women dance in the square.

  • 大妈，您要买点儿什么？

    dà mā, nín yào mǎi diǎn ér shén me?

    Ma'am, what would you like to buy?

  • 隔壁的大妈对我们很好。

    gé bì de dà mā duì wǒ men hěn hǎo.

    The older lady next door is very kind to us.

Easily confused

  • 大爷 — 大妈 addresses older women; 大爷 older men.

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Stroke order

ĐẠI · 3 strokes

big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

MA · 6 strokes

ma; mom; mother

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