母

母题

mǔ tí

motif (loanword)

酵母

jiào mǔ

yeast; saccharomycete (abbr. for 酵母菌[jiao4 mu3 jun1])

酵母菌

jiào mǔ jūn

yeast; saccharomycete

酵母醇

jiào mǔ chún

zymosterol

酿母菌

niàng mǔ jūn

yeast

鸡母

jī mǔ

(dialect) hen

鸡母虫

jī mǔ chóng

beetle larva

云母

yún mǔ

mica

零声母

líng shēng mǔ

(Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant)

需要是发明之母

xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ

Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

韩文字母

hán wén zì mǔ

hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet; Korean letters

韵母

yùn mǔ

the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang")