| 麻 | má | generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb; surname Ma |
| 麻烦 | má fan | inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to trouble or bother sb; to put sb to trouble |
| 麻痹 | má bì | paralysis; palsy; numbness; to benumb |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia; fig. to poison (sb's mind) |
| 麻袋 | má dài | burlap (jute fiber) |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive; apathetic |
| 麻布 | má bù | sackcloth |
| 麻纱 | má shā | linen or cotton fabric |
| 麻子 | má zi | pockmark |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow; mahjong |
| 麻油 | má yóu | sesame oil |
| 麻城 | Má chéng | Macheng county level city in Huanggang 黄冈, Hubei |
| 麻醉剂 | má zuì jì | narcotic; anesthetic |
| 麻药 | má yào | anesthetic |
| 麻俐 | má li | swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial); also written 麻利 |
| 麻利 | má li | swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial) |
| 麻力 | má li | swift; agile; efficient; quick witted (colloquial); also written 麻利 |
| 麻城市 | Má chéng shì | Macheng county level city in Huanggang 黄冈, Hubei |
| 麻婆豆腐 | má pó dòu fǔ | ma po tofu; stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce |
| 麻将 | má jiàng | mahjong; CL:副 |
| 麻将牌 | má jiàng pái | mahjong tile |
| 麻山 | Má shān | Mashan district of Jixi city 鸡西, Heilongjiang |
| 麻山区 | Má shān qū | Mashan district of Jixi city 鸡西, Heilongjiang |
| 麻州 | Má zhōu | abbr. for Massachusetts |
| 麻栗坡 | Má lì pō | Malipo county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan |
| 麻栗坡县 | Má lì pō xiàn | Malipo county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan |
| 麻江 | Má jiāng | Majiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔东南州, Guizhou |
| 麻江县 | Má jiāng xiàn | Majiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔东南州, Guizhou |
| 麻瓜 | má guā | Muggles (Harry Potter) |
| 麻生 | Má shēng | Asō (name); ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister 2008-2009 |
| 麻生・太郎 | Má shēng · Tài láng | ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008 |
| 麻疹 | má zhěn | measle |
| 麻疯 | má fēng | leprosy; also written 麻风 |
| 麻瘢 | má bān | pock mark |
| 麻省理工学院 | Má shěng Lǐ gōng Xué yuàn | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 麻章 | Má zhāng | Mazhang district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市, Guangdong |
| 麻章区 | Má zhāng qū | Mazhang district of Zhanjiang city 湛江市, Guangdong |
| 麻絮 | má xù | hemp wadding |
| 麻脸 | má liǎn | pockmarked face |
| 麻花 | má huā | fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough); worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) |
| 麻花辫 | má huā biàn | braided pigtail |
| 麻茎 | má jīng | hemp straw |
| 麻衣 | má yī | hemp garment |
| 麻豆 | Má dòu | Matou town in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 麻豆镇 | Má dòu zhèn | Matou town in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan |
| 麻辣 | má là | hot and numbing |
| 麻辣烫 | má là tàng | hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls) |
| 麻醉学 | má zuì xué | anesthetics |
| 麻醉学者 | má zuì xué zhě | anaesthesiologist |
| 麻醉师 | má zuì shī | anaesthetist |