Ma, a first-class Chinese character, is pronounced Ma (mā), which originally meant to address mother. Mother, a kind of kinship, is the address of children to the mother.
Definition:
In many languages, you will call your own things "mother". For example, you will call your motherland your mother, the school where you graduated your alma mater, and the first language you learned when you were born and raised your mother tongue.
In any social culture, there are expectations and norms for the role and responsibility that a mother should play, that is, the role of a mother. For example, in traditional China, mothers are expected to play an important role in educating their children.
Physiological definition:
Biologically, half of the paired chromosomes in the daughter's somatic cells are provided by the mother's eggs, so the genetic relationship can be identified by DNA analysis. When the father's sperm is combined with the eggs, only the genetic material of the nucleus is provided, so the mitochondrial DNA in the daughter's cells comes from the mother and can be used to identify the maternal family tree.
Sociological definition:
From a sociological point of view, a mother may represent a woman who raises children. Legally speaking, women can also adopt children through legal channels or marry men with children, and then become the legal mother of children. Those who become mothers through adoption are called foster mothers, and those who marry men with children are called stepmother, stepmother, stepmother or stepmother.
In spoken language (mā mā), there are many different names for mothers, including mother, mother, mommy (Cantonese pronunciation from English "mommy") or grandma. In some areas, children (especially in ancient times) called their mothers Niang, Aunt or Mother.
There are also grandmothers (in Cantonese, "grandma" refers to middle-aged or elderly people in the northern dialect) who also use their children's names for their mothers (mothers or children's mothers) to represent their wives. Children of different ages address their mothers differently.
In infancy and childhood, children usually use some kind names, such as mother. After youth, the address is usually mom or something. Others, such as mommy, mom and grandma, can be seen in most childhood.
Among the ancient Han royal families in China, the princes and princesses born to the queen called their mothers the queen, and the children born to the imperial concubines recognized the queen as the first mother, and their biological mothers were the mother concubines. The princes and their children also called their mothers the mother concubines.