stepmother; informal term
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
stepmother
informalA colloquial and direct term for one's father's wife who is not one's biological mother. It can carry neutral or sometimes slightly negative connotations depending on context.
Wǒ我
bà爸
ba爸
zài再
hūn婚
hòu后
，
wǒ我
jiù就
yǒu有
le了
yī一
gè个
hòu后
mā妈
。
After my father remarried, I got a stepmother.
Tā她
hé和
hòu后
mā妈
de的
guān关
xì系
chǔ处
dé得
bù不
tài太
hǎo好
。
She doesn't have a very good relationship with her stepmother.
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“
hòu后
mā妈
”
shì是
“
jì继
mǔ母
”
de的
kǒu口
yǔ语
shuō说
fǎ法
。
"Hòumā" is the colloquial way to say "stepmother."