丈母娘

zhàngmǔniáng
noun #28,469

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 wife's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law (from husband's perspective)

Examples

HSK 1
Zhàngmǔniáng lái jiālǐ zhù le yígè yuè.
His mother-in-law stayed at their home for a month.
HSK 3
Tā hé zhàngmǔniáng de guānxi fēicháng hǎo.
He has an excellent relationship with his mother-in-law.

Tips

usage
丈母娘 is specifically the wife's mother, i.e. the mother-in-law from the husband's perspective. The wife's father is 岳父 and the wife's mother is also 岳母 in more formal usage. 丈母娘 is the colloquial everyday term.

Stroke Order

zhàng
niáng