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Mother and child in Chinese

mother and child · HSK 4

母子 mǔ zǐ

  1. 母 mǔ mother
  2. 子 zǐ son

这对母子的关系非常好。 This mother and son have a very close relationship.

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How do you say mother and child in Chinese?

Mother and child in Chinese is 母子 (mǔ zǐ).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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