母异

母異
mǔyì
adjective #28,790

Meanings

  1. 1 (of siblings) having a different mother
  2. 2 half- (maternal side)

Examples

Tāmen shì tóng fù mǔ yì de xiōngdì, guānxi bìng bù qīnjìn.
They are half-brothers sharing the same father, and they are not close.
Tóng mǔ yì fù de jiěmèi zài fǎlǜ shàng yě yǒu jìchéng quán.
Half-sisters sharing the same mother also have inheritance rights under the law.

Tips

usage
母异 appears in the compound 父母 or more commonly in 母异 (tóng mǔ yì fù — same mother, different father) and (tóng fù yì mǔ — same father, different mother). These are the standard legal and literary terms for half-siblings.

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