mou5 oi3母愛母爱
Jyutpingmou5 oi3
Yalemóuh oi
Definition
Maternal love; a mother's love for her children.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal or literary contexts rather than casual daily speech. When speaking naturally about a mother's love, people usually prefer the more direct phrase 媽媽嘅愛. Using this word in a very informal setting can sound slightly dramatic or like a line from a television drama.
Examples
Maternal love is truly great.
Have you felt your mother's love yet?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
