妈妈 (māma) means Mother (mom - mama). Below are 24 of the 63 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我陪 妈妈 去医院。
Wǒ péi māma qù yīyuàn.
I am going with my mother to the hospital.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 陪
妈妈 在厨房炒菜。
Māma zài chúfáng chǎo cài.
Mother is stir-frying vegetables in the kitchen.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 炒
妈妈 做的菜很好吃。
Māma zuò de cài hěn hǎochī.
The food my mother makes is delicious.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 好吃
妈妈 正在厨房做饭。
Māma zhèngzài chúfáng zuò fàn.
Mum is cooking in the kitchen.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 厨房
妈妈 做了一锅鸡汤。
Māma zuò le yì guō jī tāng.
Mum made a pot of chicken soup.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 汤
妈妈 叫女儿小宝贝。
Māma jiào nǚ'ér xiǎo bǎobèi.
The mother calls her daughter little darling.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宝贝
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From the graded readers
妈妈 说：“我们都很好。”
māma shuō:" wǒmen dōu hěnhǎo."
Mum said, "We're all fine."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
我说：“下个月， 妈妈 。”
wǒ shuō:" xiàgèyuè, māma."
I said, "Next month, mum."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
妈妈 做鱼的时候，它就来了。
māma zuò yú de / dì shíhou, tā jiù lái le / liǎo / liào.
The moment mum cooks fish, he shows up.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
妈妈 说：“在家也可以玩。”
māma shuō:" zàijiā yě kěyǐ wán / wàn."
Mum said, "You can have fun at home too."
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
星期六上午，我和 妈妈 去商店。
xīngqīliù shàngwǔ, wǒ hé māma qù shāngdiàn.
On Saturday morning my mum and I went to the shops.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我 妈妈 是医生，她的工作也很忙。
wǒ māma shì yīshēng, tā de / dì gōngzuò yě hěn máng.
My mum is a doctor and her job is busy too.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
昨天晚上九点， 妈妈 给我打电话。
zuótiān wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn, māma gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà.
At nine last night my mum called me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
妈妈 说：“便宜一点儿，可以吗？”
māma shuō:" piányi yīdiǎn ér, kěyǐ mǎ?"
Mum said, "A bit cheaper, could you?"
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我认出了中间那个人——是我 妈妈 。
wǒ rènchū le / liǎo / liào zhōngjiǎn nèigè rén—— shì wǒ māma.
I recognised the one in the middle — it was my mother.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
星期六下午， 妈妈 让我去超市买东西。
xīngqīliù xiàwǔ, māma ràng wǒ qù chāo shì mǎi dōngxī.
On Saturday afternoon mum asked me to go to the supermarket.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
回到家， 妈妈 看了看，说：“茶呢？”
huídào jiā, māma kànle kàn / kān, shuō:" chá ne / ní?"
When I got home mum looked and said, "Where's the tea?"
Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket
From the grammar library
我 妈妈 是医生。
Wǒ māma shì yīshēng.
My mum is a doctor.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 的 for possession and description
妈妈 appears in 63 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 妈妈
How is 妈妈 used in a sentence?
This page shows 63 sentences using 妈妈 (māma, "Mother (mom - mama)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 妈妈 an HSK word?
Yes — 妈妈 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 妈妈?
The dictionary page for 妈妈 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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