The Chinese word for mother-in-law is
岳母
yue mu (yuè mǔ)Chinese Definition
| mother-in-law | |
| 1. 婆母 | |
| 2. 岳母 | |
| Components | |
| 岳 | |
| 1. mountain peak | |
| 2. used as a surname | |
| 3. tall mountain | |
| 4. parent-in-law | |
| 母 | |
| 1. mother | |
| 2. female (animal) | |
| 母牛 - cow |
Translations for 母 and their definitions
| 岳母 | |
| 1. n. mother-in-law (wife's mother) |
| 婆婆 | |
| 1. n. (chiefly Mandarin Jin) mother-in-law (husband's mother) | |
| 2. n. (chiefly Cantonese) maternal grandmother | |
| 3. n. (Gan, dialectal Mandarin) paternal grandmother | |
| 4. n. (dialectal) old woman | |
| 5. n. (mainland China) leader; superior; higher authority |
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