Example sentences
mā妈mā妈zài在jiā家ma吗？
Is mom home?
mā妈mā妈qù去shàng上bān班le了。
Mom went to work.
The story behind the character
妈
女 (woman) plus 马 (horse). Not because your mom has anything to do with a horse. 马 only supplies the sound "ma." That's the phonetic rule: one half meaning, one half sound.