父母
HSK 3freq #891
Meanings
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- 1.father and mother; parents
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Wiktionary
- 1.parents; mother and father; mum and dad
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Etymology
Dvandva of 父 (fù, “father”) + 母 (mǔ, “mother”)
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Stroke order
Components
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Characters
Example sentences
我父母想见你。
My parents want to meet you.
我父母还不老。
My parents aren't old yet.
我父母不在家。
My parents aren't home.
我父母离婚了。
My parents are divorced.
你父母多大了？
How old are your parents?
你的父母有多高？
How tall are your parents?
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
再生父母嗣父母在家靠父母，出外靠朋友天下父母心恩同父母父母之命父母之命，媒妁之言父母之邦父母國父母国父母在，不遠遊父母在，不远游父母子女父母官父母恩勤父母親父母亲父母雙亡父母双亡父母養我們小，我們養父母老父母养我们小，我们养父母老父母骨肉生身父母直升機父母直升机父母衣食父母親生父母亲生父母重生父母養父母
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Related words
继父母 step-parents父母亲 parents生父母 biological parents义父母 adoptive parents祖父母 paternal grandparents代替父母 in place of sb's parents再生父母 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor曾祖父母 great-grandparents衣食父母 the people one depends upon for one's livelihood父母双亡 to have lost both one's parents父母之命，媒妁之言 (idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)在家靠父母，出门靠朋友 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)