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父母 (fù mǔ): Father and mother (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

父母 consists of 2 characters.

mother; female parent; origin

Word Info

Pinyinfù mǔ

Meaningfather and mother; parents

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 4

SyntaxNoun

Word父母

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 父母.

Words with 父

父亲fù qīnHSK 4
父女fù nǚHSK 4
父子fù zǐHSK 4
师父shī fuHSK 6
祖父zǔfùHSK 6
伯父bó fùHSK 7-9
岳父yuè fùHSK 7-9
继父jì fùHSK 7-9

Words with 母

母亲mǔ qīnHSK 4
母女mǔ nǚHSK 4
母子mǔ zǐHSK 4
字母zì mǔHSK 5
伯母bó mǔHSK 6
岳母yuè mǔHSK 6
母语mǔ yǔHSK 6
祖母

zǔmǔ

HSK 7-9

3.

Example Sentences with 父母

nǚ女

ér儿

zǒng总

shì是

hěn很

guān关

xīn心

fù父

mǔ母

de的

jiàn健

kāng康

，

jīng经

cháng常

dǎ打

diàn电

huà话

wèn问

hòu候

。

Daughters always care about their parents' health and often call to check on them.

wǒ我

de的

fù父

mǔ母

zhù住

zài在

Běi北

jīng京

。

tā他

guì跪

xià下

xiàng向

fù父

mǔ母

dào道

qiàn歉

。

tā他

měi每

yuè月

gěi给

fù父

mǔ母

huì汇

kuǎn款

。

fù父

mǔ母

duì对

hái孩

zi子

chōng充

mǎn满

qī期

wàng望

zuò作

wéi为

fù父

mǔ母

，

wǒ我

men们

yīng应

gāi该

duō

fù父

mǔ母

yòng用

xīn心

bǔ哺

yù育

hái孩

zi子

chéng成

fù父

mǔ母

dū督

cù促

hái孩

zi子

nǔ努

lì力

xué学

fù父

mǔ母

xīn辛

kǔ苦

fǔ抚

yǎng养

wǒ我

men们

zhǎng长

fù父

mǔ母

fēi非

cháng常

guān关

xīn心

wǒ我

de的

xué学

My parents live in Beijing.

He knelt down to apologize to his parents.

He sends remittance to his parents every month.

。

Parents have high expectations for their children.

多

huā花

shí时

jiān间

péi陪

bàn伴

hái孩

zi子

chéng成

zhǎng长

。

As parents, we should spend more time accompanying our children as they grow up.

zhǎng

长

。

Parents carefully nurture their children to grow up

xí

习

。

Parents urge their children to study hard.

dà

大

。

Parents work hard to raise us.

xí

习

。

My parents care a lot about my studies.