mother-in-law (wife's mother)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
mother-in-law (polite term for wife's mother)
formalA respectful and somewhat literary term for one's wife's mother. Often used together with 泰山 (father-in-law). Less common than 岳母 in everyday speech.
Míng明
rì日
wǒ我
yào要
qù去
bài拜
jiàn见
tài泰
shuǐ水
dà大
rén人
。
Tomorrow I will go to pay my respects to my mother-in-law.
Tài泰
shuǐ水
zuì最
jìn近
shēn身
tǐ体
kě可
hǎo好
？
How has my mother-in-law's health been lately?
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Tā他
hé和
tài泰
shuǐ水
xiāng相
chǔ处
de得
shí十
fēn分
róng融
qià洽
。
He gets along very well with his mother-in-law.