mother tongue (n.)
HSK 6
Traditional
母語
Radicals
Stroke order
Phonetically similar words
沐浴 mù yù - have a bath (v.) | HSK 6
Examples
中文是我的母语。 Zhōngwén shì wǒ de mǔyǔ. - Chinese is my mother tongue.
他说英语比说汉语更流利，因为英语是他的母语。 Tā shuō Yīngyǔ bǐ shuō Hànyǔ gèng liúlì, yīnwèi Yīngyǔ shì tā de mǔyǔ. - He speaks English more fluently than Chinese because English is his mother tongue.
这个小孩的母语是西班牙语。 Zhège xiǎohái de mǔyǔ shì Xībānyáyǔ. - The child's mother tongue is Spanish.
她的母语是法语，但她也流利地说英语。 Tā de mǔyǔ shì Fǎyǔ, dàn tā yě liúlì de shuō Yīngyǔ. - Her mother tongue is French, but she also speaks English fluently.
他的母语是德语，但他也能说几种其他语言。 Tā de mǔyǔ shì Déyǔ, dàn tā yě néng shuō jǐ zhǒng qítā yǔyán. - His mother tongue is German, but he can also speak several other languages.
Characters
语 yù - language; sign, signal (as means of communication); proverb; word, sentence; (of birds or insects) twitter |
母 mǔ - mother; female elders (in the clan); (fig.) origin, mother; nut |