Mother

"Mother" in Vietnamese

bầm

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

bầm

(one’s female parent)

cái

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

(one’s female parent)

mạ

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

mạ

(one’s female parent)

mẹ

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

mẹ

(one’s female parent)

mệ

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

mệ

(one’s female parent)

mợ

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

mợ

(one’s female parent)

nạ

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

nạ

(one’s female parent)

u

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

u

(one’s female parent)

đẻ

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

chăm sóc

(to treat as a mother would be expected to)

nuôi

(to treat as a mother would be expected to)

nuôi nấng

(to treat as a mother would be expected to)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.