| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 白云母 | bái yún mǔ | muscovite; white mica | |
| 貝母 | 贝母 | bèi mǔ | the bulb of the fritillary (Fritillaria thunbergii) |
| 鼻韻母 | 鼻韵母 | bí yùn mǔ | (of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant |
| 伯母 | bó mǔ | wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) | |
| 伯叔祖母 | bó shū zǔ mǔ | father's father's brother's wife; great aunt | |
| 單韻母 | 单韵母 | dān yùn mǔ | simple finals |
| 分母 | fēn mǔ | (n) denominator | |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents | |
| 父母親 | 父母亲 | fù mǔ qīn | parent |
| 複韻母 | 复韵母 | fù yùn mǔ | compound final |
| 高祖母 | gāo zǔ mǔ | great great grandmother | |
| 姑母 | gū mǔ | father's sister; paternal aunt | |
| 航空母艦 | 航空母舰 | háng kōng mǔ jiàn | aircraft carrier |
| 核動力航空母艦 | 核动力航空母舰 | hé dòng lì háng kōng mǔ jiàn | nuclear-powered aircraft carrier |
| 後母 | 后母 | hòu mǔ | stepmother |
| 繼母 | 继母 | jì mǔ | step mother |
| 教母 | jiào mǔ | godmother | |
| 酵母 | jiào mǔ | leaven; yeast | |
| 酵母醇 | jiào mǔ chún | zymosterol | |
| 酵母菌 | jiào mǔ jūn | yeast; mould; mold | |
| 金剛亥母 | 金刚亥母 | Jīn gāng hài mǔ | Vajrayogini |
| 舅母 | jiù mǔ | mother's brother's wife; maternal uncle's wife | |
| 拉丁字母 | Lā dīng zì mǔ | Latin alphabet | |
| 戀母情結 | 恋母情结 | liàn mǔ qíng jié | Oedipus complex |
| 羅馬字母 | 罗马字母 | luó má zì mǔ | Roman letters; Roman alphabet |
| 玫瑰聖母主教座堂 | 玫瑰圣母主教座堂 | Méi guī Shèng mǔ zhǔ jiào zuò táng | Holy Rosary Cathedral |
| 母 | mǔ | female; mother | |
| 母板 | mǔ bǎn | motherboard | |
| 母船 | mǔ chuán | mother ship | |
| 母狗 | mǔ gǒu | bitch | |
| 母雞 | 母鸡 | mǔ jī | hen |
| 母馬 | 母马 | mǔ mǎ | mare |
| 母牛 | mǔ niú | cow | |
| 母親 | 母亲 | mǔ qīn | mother (formal) |
| 母親節 | 母亲节 | mǔ qīn jié | Mother's Day |
| 母係 | 母系 | mǔ xì | maternal |
| 母系社會 | 母系社会 | mǔ xì shè huì | matrilineality |
| 母校 | mǔ xiào | alma mater | |
| 母羊 | mǔ yáng | ewe | |
| 母音 | mǔ yīn | vowel | |
| 母語 | 母语 | mǔ yǔ | native language; mother language |
| 母子垂直感染 | mǔ zǐ chuí zhí gǎn rǎn | mother-to-infant transmission | |
| 撒母耳記上 | 撒母耳记上 | sā mǔ ěr jì shàng | 1 Samuel |
| 撒母耳記下 | 撒母耳记下 | sā mǔ ěr jì xià | 2 Samuel |
| 嬸母 | 婶母 | shěn mǔ | father's younger brother's wife; aunt |
| 聲母 | 声母 | shēng mǔ | initial consonant (of a Chinese syllable); initial |
| 聖母瑪利亞 | 圣母玛利亚 | Shèng mǔ Mǎ lì yà | Mary (mother of Jesus) |
| 失敗是成功之母 | 失败是成功之母 | shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ | "Failure is the mother of success" (proverb) |
| 師母 | shī mǔ | term of respect for your teacher's wife | |
| 叔丈母 | shū zhàng mǔ | wife's aunt | |
| 水母 | shuǐ mǔ | jellyfish | |
| 外祖母 | wài zǔ mǔ | mother's mother; maternal grandmother | |
| 我外母唔係人 | 我外母唔系人 | Wǒ wài mǔ wú xì rén | Heavenly In-Laws |
| 希臘字母 | 希腊字母 | xī là zì mǔ | Greek alphabet |
| 西裡爾字母 | 西里尔字母 | xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ | Cyrillic alphabet; Cyrillic letters |
| 西王母 | xī wáng mǔ | name of a goddess | |
| 小寫字母 | 小写字母 | xiǎo xiě zì mǔ | lowercase (letters) |
| 養母 | 养母 | yǎng mǔ | foster, adopted mother |
| 姨母 | yí mǔ | mother's sister; maternal aunt | |
| 岳母 | yuè mǔ | wife's mother, mother-in-law | |
| 雲母 | 云母 | yún mǔ | mica |
| 韻母 | 韵母 | yùn mǔ | vowel; final sound; rhyme-indicating character; rhyme; phoneme |
| 早期西裡爾字母 | 早期西里尔字母 | zǎo qī Xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ | early Cyrillic alphabet |
| 曾祖母 | zēng zǔ mǔ | father's father's mother; paternal great grandmother | |
| 字母 | zì mǔ | letter (of the alphabet) | |
| 字母順序概率 | 字母顺序概率 | zì mǔ shùn xù gài lǜ | probability of letter sequences |
| 祖姑母 | zǔ gū mǔ | father's father's sister; great aunt | |
| 祖母 | zǔ mǔ | father's mother; paternal grandmother | |
| 祖母暴龍 | 祖母暴龙 | Zǔ mǔ bào lóng | Aviatyrannis |
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