Usage of 岳母

[Pegasus]

Hi everyone, 

 

I was wondering if there are any Chinese language users here who could enlighten me on the way people use the word "岳母". 

 

According to my dictionary, it means "mother-in-law (wife's mother)". 

 

Is it a term that I could use to address my mother-in-law? For example, when I see my mother-in-law next week, could I say this to her, "岳母您好。好久不見。您好嗎？ 您最近怎麽樣？" Or would it be strange or rude to address her this way? 

 

Thank you. 

 

Sincerely, 

Pegasus

 

[imron]

Call your mother-in-law 媽.

 

岳母 would be used to explain the specifics of your relationship to others.

[shashaliu]

if u were married,just call 妈妈(mum), if not 伯母 or 阿姨.

[Clarice Zhao]

“岳母” refers to "mother-in-law".

 

But in China, we don't call “岳母”directly.

 

When you see your "mother-in-law", just call her "妈妈"

 

But when you talk about your mother in law to a different person, you can say"岳母".

 

For example,

 

A: 嗨，大卫！你昨天没有参加我们的聚会，你去哪里了？

 

B: 我岳母生病了， 我去医院看她了。

 

A: Hi, David, you didn't join our party yesterday, where did you go?

 

B: My "mother-in-law" was sick, I went to the hospital and visited her yesterday.

[Pegasus]

Thank you all very much!