# 继母 (jìmǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 继母 (jìmǔ) means “stepmother”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: stepmother
- Pinyin: jìmǔ (ji4 mu3)
- Traditional: 繼母
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 她的继母细心照顾着全家人。
  Tā de jìmǔ xìxīn zhàogùzhe quánjiā rén.
  Her stepmother takes care of the whole family carefully.

## Characters

- [继](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-continue/) (jì): to continue; to follow
- [母](https://hanziro.com/word/mu-mother/) (mǔ): mother; female (of animals)

https://hanziro.com/word/ji-mu-stepmother/

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