| 妈 | mā | ma; mom; mother |
| 妈妈 | mā ma | mama; mommy; mother; CL:个,位 |
| 大妈 | dà mā | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
| 奶妈 | nǎi mā | wet nurse |
| 姨妈 | yí mā | (informal) mother's sister; maternal aunt |
| 老妈子 | lǎo mā zi | older female servant; amah |
| 姑妈 | gū mā | (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt |
| 老大妈 | lǎo dà mā | "Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman); CL:位 |
| 姆妈 | m̄ mā | mom; mother |
| 干妈 | gān mā | godmother |
| 他妈 | tā mā | (taboo curse) darned; damn it!; fucking |
| 南拳妈妈 | Nán Quán Mā mā | Nan Quan Mama, a Taiwanese Music Group |
| 姆妈 | mǔ mā | mom; mother (dialect) |
| 婆婆妈妈 | pó po mā mā | kindhearted; motherly; effeminate; old-womanish; fainthearted; overly careful; overly sensitive; maudlin |
| 妈咪 | mā mi | mommy (loanword) |
| 妈眯 | mā mi | variant of 妈咪 |
| 妈祖 | Mā zǔ | Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia |
| 后妈 | hòu mā | (coll.) stepmother |
| 操你妈 | cào nǐ mā | fuck your mother (vulgar) |
| 老妈 | lǎo mā | mother; mom |
| 肏你妈 | cào nǐ mā | fuck your mother (vulgar); also written 操你妈 |
| 阿妈 | ā mā | mother; nurse; amah; serving woman |
