| 马 | mǎ | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess; surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
| 马上 | mǎ shàng | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) |
| 马克 | mǎ kè | Mark (name) |
| 罗马 | Luó mǎ | Rome |
| 马克思主义 | mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì | Marxism |
| 马力 | mǎ lì | horsepower |
| 罗马尼亚 | Luó mǎ ní yà | Romania |
| 马列主义 | Mǎ Liè zhǔ yì | Marxism-Leninism |
| 马路 | mǎ lù | street; road; CL:条 |
| 马铃薯 | mǎ líng shǔ | potato |
| 马来西亚 | Mǎ lái xī yà | Malaysia |
| 索马里 | Suǒ mǎ lǐ | Somalia; omalia |
| 马达 | mǎ dá | motor |
| 人马 | rén mǎ | Sagittarius (star sign); men and horses (e.g. on parade); centaur |
| 马里 | Mǎ lǐ | Mali, West Africa |
| 巴拿马 | Bā ná mǎ | Panama |
| 马车 | mǎ chē | cart; chariot; carriage; buggy |
| 司马 | Sī mǎ | official post of minister of war in pre-han Chinese states; two-character surname Sima |
| 跳马 | tiào mǎ | vaulting horse (gymnastics) |
| 牛马 | niú mǎ | oxen and horses; beasts of burden; CL:只 |
| 上马 | shàng mǎ | to get on a horse; to mount |
| 危地马拉 | Wēi dì mǎ lā | Guatemala; see also 瓜地马拉 |
| 骑马 | qí mǎ | to ride a horse |
| 马来亚 | Mǎ lái yà | Malaya |
| 马尾松 | mǎ wěi sōng | Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine) |
| 罗马法 | Luó mǎ fǎ | Roman law |
| 马尼拉 | Mǎ ní lā | Manila, capital of Philippines |
| 马克思 | Mǎ kè sī | Marx (name); Groucho Marx (the star of Duck Soup, 1933); Karl Marx (1818-1883), German socialist philosopher, political activist and founder of Marxism |
| 下马 | xià mǎ | dismount a horse |
| 出马 | chū mǎ | to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring |
| 马蹄 | mǎ tí | horse's hoof; horseshoe; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta) |
| 马拉 | Mǎ lā | Marat (name); Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss scientist and physician |
| 马群 | mǎ qún | herd of horses |
| 走马 | zǒu mǎ | to ride (a horse); to go on horseback |
| 马赫 | Mǎ hè | Mach (name); Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist; Mach (aeronautics), unit of speed based on speed of sound = 1 Mach = 1224 km per hr |
| 大马士革 | Dà mǎ shì gé | Damascus, capital of Syria |
| 马龙 | Mǎ lóng | Malong county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan |
| 兵马 | bīng mǎ | troops and horses; military forces |
| 马太 | Mǎ tài | Matthew (name) |
| 马虎 | mǎ hu | careless; sloppy; negligent; skimpy |
| 马达加斯加 | Mǎ dá jiā sī jiā | Madagascar |
| 野马 | yě mǎ | wild horse |
| 战马 | zhàn mǎ | war-horse |
| 驸马 | fù mǎ | emperor's son-in-law |
| 利马 | Lì mǎ | Lima, capital of Peru |
| 马头 | mǎ tóu | horse's head; same as 码头, pier |
| 马赛 | Mǎ sài | Marseille, city in south France; Basay, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan |
| 马马虎虎 | mǎ ma hū hū | careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair |
| 海马 | hǎi mǎ | sea horse |
| 鞍马 | ān mǎ | pommel horse (gymnastics) |
