| 小麦 | xiǎo mài | wheat; CL:粒 |
| 麦 | mài | wheat; barley; oats; surname Mai |
| 麦子 | mài zi | wheat; CL:株 |
| 丹麦 | Dān mài | Denmark |
| 大麦 | dà mài | barley |
| 喀麦隆 | Kā mài lóng | Cameroon |
| 麦芽糖 | mài yá táng | maltose (sweet syrup) |
| 荞麦 | qiáo mài | buckwheat |
| 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 |
| 燕麦 | yàn mài | oats |
| 麦麸 | mài fū | wheat bran |
| 黑麦 | hēi mài | rye (Secale cereale) |
| 不辨菽麦 | bù biàn shū mài | lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters |
| 丹麦包 | Dān mài bāo | Danish pastry |
| 俾斯麦 | Bǐ sī mài | Bismarck (name); Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890 |
| 全麦 | quán mài | whole wheat |
| 同传耳麦 | tóng chuán ěr mài | simultaneous interpretation headset |
| 大麦克 | Dà Mài kè | see 巨无霸 |
| 大麦克指数 | Dà Mài kè Zhǐ shù | see 巨无霸汉堡包指数 |
| 大麦地 | dà mài dì | place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters |
| 小麦胚芽 | xiǎo mài pēi yá | wheat germ |
| 春大麦 | chūn dà mài | spring barley |
| 油麦 | yóu mài | naked oat (old) |
| 烧麦 | shāo mài | shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 烧卖 |
| 燕麦粥 | yàn mài zhōu | oatmeal; porridge |
| 番麦 | fān mài | corn (Taiwanese) |
| 糯麦 | nuò mài | glutinous barley |
| 耳麦 | ěr mài | headphones; earphones |
| 莜麦 | yóu mài | naked oat (Avena nuda) |
| 蒸粗麦粉 | zhēng cū mài fěn | couscous |
| 裸麦 | luǒ mài | rye (Secale cereale) |
| 赫曼・麦尔维尔 | Hè màn · Mài ěr wéi ěr | Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鲸 |
道格拉斯・麦克阿
瑟 | Dào gé lā sī · 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 |
