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The character "妈" for mother derives from its traditional form "媽", a semantic-phonetic compound combining the female radical "女" with the phonetic component "馬" (horse), which in the simplified version is written as "马". This structure indicates the character's meaning related to the female gender while using the horse component solely for its sound, as the historical pronunciation of "mother" was similar to that of "horse". Initially a colloquial term, "妈" gradually supplanted other classical terms in common usage to become the primary designation for mother in modern Chinese.
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妈妈在做饭。
妈妈今天很高兴。
我妈妈是老师。
妈妈给我买了一件新衣服。
妈妈在超市里买东西。
妈妈说周末要带我去公园。
我的妈妈非常善良和勤劳。
如果妈妈下班早，她就给我们做晚饭。