| 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) |
| 马克思主义 | mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì | Marxism |
| 马力 | mǎ lì | horsepower |
| 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 |
| 马达 | mǎ dá | motor |
| 马里 | Mǎ lǐ | Mali, West Africa |
| 马车 | mǎ chē | cart; chariot; carriage; buggy |
| 马来亚 | Mǎ lái yà | Malaya |
| 马尾松 | mǎ wěi sōng | Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 马龙 | Mǎ lóng | Malong county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 马兰 | Mǎ lán | Malan atomic test site in Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture 巴音郭愣蒙古自治州, Xinjiang |
| 马德望 | Mǎ dé wàng | Battambang |
| 马褂 | mǎ guà | buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty 清代 (1644-1911) |
| 马鞭 | mǎ biān | horsewhip |
| 马丁 | Mǎ dīng | Martin (name) |
| 马良 | Mǎ Liáng | Ma Liang (Three Kingdoms) |
| 马关条约 | Mǎ guān tiáo yuē | Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) that concluded the first Sino-Japanese war |
| 马耳他 | Mǎ ěr tā | Malta |
| 马拉博 | Mǎ lā bó | Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea |
| 马鞍 | mǎ ān | saddle |
| 马刀 | mǎ dāo | a saber; cavalry sword |
| 马德里 | Mǎ dé lǐ | Madrid, capital of Spain |
| 马普托 | Mǎ pǔ tuō | Maputo, capital of Mozambique |
| 马子 | mǎ zǐ | (slang) girl; chick; babe |
| 马子 | mǎ zi | bandit; brigand; gambling chip; see 马桶 |
| 马蹄形 | mǎ tí xíng | horseshoe shape |
| 马戏 | mǎ xì | circus |
| 马丁・路德 | Mǎ dīng · Lù dé | Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister |
| 马丁・路德・金 | Mǎ dīng · Lù dé · Jīn | Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American clergyman and civil rights activist |
| 马丁炉 | Mǎ dīng lú | Martin furnace; open hearth furnace; open hearth |
| 马三立 | Mǎ Sān lì | Ma Sanli |
| 马上比武 | mǎ shàng bǐ wǔ | tournament (contest in western chivalry); jousting |
| 马中锡 | Mǎ Zhōng xī | Ma Zhongxi, Ming writer (1446-1512), author of the fable 中山狼传 of Mr Dongguo and the ungrateful Wolf |
