母语 mǔyǔ▶ Lengua materna

Stroke order

母语 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 母 — 5 strokes
• 语 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. native language
2. mother tongue
3. (linguistics) parent language

Related words

• 伯母Tía
• 岳母suegra
• 谜语acertijo
• 字母Carta; letra
• 成语modismo, idiomatismo
• 语气tono

母语 is pronounced mǔyǔ and means “Lengua materna”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 母语 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.