| 麦 | mài | wheat; barley; oats; surname Mai |
| 麦子 | mài zi | wheat; CL:株 |
| 麦芽糖 | mài yá táng | maltose (sweet syrup) |
| 麦克斯韦 | Mài kè sī wéi | Maxwell (name); James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves |
| 麦加 | Mài jiā | Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| 麦芽 | mài yá | malt |
| 麦麸 | mài fū | wheat bran |
| 麦乳精 | mài rǔ jīng | malt milk extract |
| 麦克 | mài kè | microphone (loanword); Mike (name) |
| 麦克德莫特 | Mài kè dé mò tè | McDermott (name) |
| 麦克白 | Mài kè bái | Macbeth (name); Macbeth, 1606 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚 |
| 麦克白夫人 | Mài kè bái fū ren | Lady Macbeth |
| 麦克米兰 | Mài kè mǐ lán | McMillan or MacMillan (name); Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963 |
| 麦克维 | mài kè wéi | (Timothy) McVeigh |
| 麦克阿瑟 | Mài kè ā sè | General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war |
| 麦克风 | mài kè fēng | microphone (loanword) |
| 麦凯恩 | Mài kǎi ēn | McCain (name); John McCain (1936-), US Republican politician, Senator for Arizona from 1987 |
| 麦可 | Mài kě | Mike (name) |
| 麦司卡林 | mài sī kǎ lín | mescaline |
| 麦哲伦 | Mài zhé lún | Magellan (1480-1521), Portuguese explorer |
| 麦地那 | Mài dì nà | Medina, Saudi Arabia |
| 麦寮 | Mài liáo | Mailiao township in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 麦寮乡 | Mài liáo xiāng | Mailiao township in Yunlin county 云林县, Taiwan |
| 麦德林 | Mài dé lín | Medellín, city in Columbia |
| 麦德蒙 | Mài dé méng | McDermott (name) |
| 麦德龙 | Mài dé lóng | Metro supermarket chain (originally German) |
| 麦枷 | mài jiā | flail; to thresh (using a flail) |
| 麦尔维尔 | Mài ěr wéi ěr | Melville (name); Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鲸 |
| 麦片 | mài piàn | oatmeal; rolled oats |
| 麦田怪圈 | mài tián guài quān | crop circle |
| 麦当劳 | Mài dāng láo | MacDonald or McDonald (name); McDonald's (fast food company) |
| 麦当劳叔叔 | Mài dāng láo Shū shu | Ronald McDonald |
| 麦当娜 | Mài dāng nà | Madonna (1958-), US pop singer |
| 麦科里 | mài kē lǐ | (Mike) McCurry (White House spokesperson) |
| 麦秸 | mài jiē | straw from barley |
| 麦稃 | mài fū | barley husk |
| 麦积 | Mài jī | Maiji district of Tianshui city 天水市, Gansu |
| 麦积区 | Mài jī qū | Maiji district of Tianshui city 天水市, Gansu |
| 麦积山石窟 | Mài jī shān shí kū | Mt Maiji caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu |
| 麦纳麦 | Mài nà mài | Manama, capital city of Bahrain |
| 麦肯锡 | mài kěn xī | MacKenzie; McKinsey |
| 麦胚 | mài pēi | wheat germ |
| 麦芽糖醇 | mài yá táng chún | maltitol, a sugar alcohol |
| 麦盖提 | Mài gě tí | Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 麦盖提县 | Mài gě tí xiàn | Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地区, west Xinjiang |
| 麦角 | mài jiǎo | ergot |
| 麦迪逊 | Mài dí xùn | Madison |
| 麦迪逊广场花园 | Mài dí xùn guǎng chǎng huā yuán | Madison Square Garden |
| 麦迪逊花园广场 | Mài dí xùn huā yuán guǎng chǎng | Madison Square Garden |
| 麦道 | Mài dào | McDonnell Douglas (plane company) |
