| 毛泽东 | Máo Zé dōng | Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader |
| 毛 | máo | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 , = 1; 10 yuan or 10 fen 分); surname Mao |
| 毛病 | máo bìng | fault; defect; shortcomings; CL:个 |
| 羊毛 | yáng máo | fleece; wool; woolen |
| 毛坯 | máo pī | semifinished products |
| 毛主席 | Máo Zhǔ xí | Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader |
| 羽毛 | yǔ máo | feather; plumage; plume |
| 毛泽东思想 | máo zé dōng sī xiǎng | Mao Zedong Thought; Maoism |
| 毛巾 | máo jīn | towel; CL:条 |
| 绒毛 | róng máo | fur; down (soft fur); villi capillary (in the small intestine) |
| 起毛 | qǐ máo | fluff; lint; to feel nervous |
| 眉毛 | méi mao | eyebrow; CL:根 |
| 毛里塔尼亚 | Máo lǐ tǎ ní yà | Mauritania |
| 烧毛 | shāo máo | to singe (textiles) |
| 羽毛球 | yǔ máo qiú | shuttlecock; badminton; CL:个 |
| 毛毯 | máo tǎn | blanket |
| 毛刺 | máo cì | barb; whiskers |
| 刚毛 | gāng máo | bristle |
| 毛笔 | máo bǐ | writing brush; CL:枝,管 |
| 鸡毛 | jī máo | chicken feather; CL:根; trivial |
| 毛条 | máo tiáo | wool top, semi-processed raw wool |
| 毛驴 | máo lǘ | donkey; CL:头 |
| 皮毛 | pí máo | fur; fur clothing; skin and hair; superficial; superficial knowledge |
| 毛皮 | máo pí | fur; pelt |
| 毛线 | máo xiàn | knitting wool; wool yarn |
| 毛衣 | máo yī | (wool) sweater; CL:件 |
| 白毛女 | bái máo nǚ | The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films |
| 毛毡 | máo zhān | felt |
| 毛虫 | máo chóng | caterpillar |
| 毛发 | máo fà | hair |
| 毛毛 | máo mao | baby |
| 鹅毛 | é máo | goose feather |
| 鞭毛 | biān máo | flagellum |
| 发毛 | fā máo | to rant and rave; to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect) |
| 脱毛 | tuō máo | to lose hair or feathers; to molt; depilation; to shave |
| 出毛病 | chū máo bìng | a problem appears; to break down |
| 睫毛 | jié máo | eyelashes |
| 纤毛 | xiān máo | cilium |
| 一毛不拔 | yī máo bù bá | stingy (idiom) |
| 三毛猫 | sān máo māo | tortoiseshell cat; calico cat |
| 不毛 | bù máo | barren |
| 不毛之地 | bù máo zhī dì | barren land; desert |
| 九牛一毛 | jiǔ niú yī máo | lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom); fig. a drop in the ocean |
| 五毛 | wǔ máo | fifty cents; term used to belittle sb |
| 千里寄鹅毛 | qiān lǐ jì é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it; also written 千里送鹅毛 |
| 千里送鹅毛 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it |
千里送鹅毛，
礼轻人意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo ,
lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. |
千里送鹅毛，
礼轻情意重 | qiān lǐ sòng é máo ,
lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng | goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. |
| 千里鹅毛 | qiān lǐ é máo | goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it; also written 千里送鹅毛 |
| 吹毛求疵 | chuī máo qiú cī | lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious; nitpick |
