| 马大哈 | mǎ dà hā | a careless person; scatterbrain; frivolous and forgetful; abbr. for 马马虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈 |
| 马天尼 | Mǎ tiān ní | Martini |
| 马太沟 | Mǎ tài gōu | Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平罗县, Shizuishan 石嘴山, Ningxia |
| 马太沟镇 | Mǎ tài gōu zhèn | Mataigou town in Pingluo county 平罗县, Shizuishan 石嘴山, Ningxia |
| 马太福音 | Mǎ tài fú yīn | Gospel according to St Matthew |
| 马失前蹄 | mǎ shī qián tí | lit. the horse loses its front hooves; fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness |
| 马家军 | Mǎ jiā jūn | the Ma clique of warlords in Gansu and Ningxia during the 1930s and 1940s |
| 马尼托巴 | Mǎ ní tuō bā | Manitoba province, Canada |
| 马尼拉大学 | Mǎ ní lā Dà xué | University of Manila |
| 马尾 | mǎ wěi | ponytail (hairstyle); horse's tail; slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants); Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市, Fujian |
| 马尾区 | Mǎ wěi qū | Mawei district of Fuzhou city 福州市, Fujian |
| 马尾水 | Mǎ wěi shuǐ | Mawei river through Fuzhou city |
| 马尾水师学堂 | Mǎ wěi shuǐ shī xué táng | Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college 福州船政学堂, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty |
| 马尾港 | Mǎ wěi gǎng | Mawei harbor, the harbor of Fuzhou city |
马尾穿豆腐，
提不起来 | mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu ,
tí bu qǐ lai | lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it; fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提) |
| 马尾军港 | Mǎ wěi jūn gǎng | Mawei naval base at Fuzhou city (in Qing times) |
| 马尾辫 | mǎ wěi biàn | ponytail |
| 马屁 | mǎ pì | horse hindquarters; flattery; boot-licking |
| 马屁精 | mǎ pì jīng | toady; boot-licker |
| 马山 | Mǎ shān | Mashan county in Nanning 南宁, Guangxi |
| 马山县 | Mǎ shān xiàn | Mashan county in Nanning 南宁, Guangxi |
| 马工枚速 | Mǎ gōng Méi sù | Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom); to each his good points |
| 马年 | mǎ nián | Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002) |
| 马库色 | Mǎ kù sè | Marcuse (philosopher) |
| 马厩 | mǎ jiù | barn |
| 马后炮 | mǎ hòu pào | lit. firing after the horse; fig. belated action; giving advice in hindsight |
| 马德拉斯 | Mǎ dé lā sī | Madras or Chennai 钦奈, capital of Tamil Nadu on East coast of India |
| 马德拉群岛 | Mǎ dé lā qún dǎo | Madeira; the Madeira islands |
| 马恩岛 | Mǎ ēn dǎo | Isle of Man, British Isles; Isle of Mann |
| 马戛尔尼 | Mǎ jiá ěr ní | Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793; Paul McCartney, former Beatle |
| 马戛尔尼使团 | Mǎ jiá ěr ní shǐ tuán | the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793 |
| 马戏团 | mǎ xì tuán | circus |
| 马房 | mǎ fáng | horse stable |
| 马扎尔 | Mǎ zhā ěr | Magyar; Hungarian |
| 马扎尔语 | Mǎ zhā ěr yǔ | Magyar (language); Hungarian |
| 马拉加 | Mǎ lā jiā | Málaga, Spain; Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan |
| 马拉喀什 | Mǎ lā kā shí | Marrakech (city in Morocco) |
| 马拉地 | Mǎ lā dì | Marathi language of west India |
| 马拉地语 | Mǎ lā dì yǔ | Marathi language of west India |
| 马拉多纳 | Mǎ lā duō nà | Diego Maradona (1960-), Argentine footballer |
| 马拉松 | mǎ lā sōng | marathon (race) |
| 马拉松赛 | mǎ lā sōng sài | marathon race |
| 马拉糕 | mǎ lā gāo | Cantonese sponge cake also known as mara cake |
| 马拉维 | Mǎ lā wéi | Malawi |
| 马拉开波 | Mǎ lā kāi bō | Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| 马提尼克 | Mǎ tí ní kè | Martinique (French Caribbean island) |
| 马斯内 | mǎ sī nèi | Jules Massenet (1842-1912), French composer |
| 马斯喀特 | Mǎ sī kā tè | Muscat, capital of Oman |
| 马斯垂克 | Mǎ sī chuí kè | Maastricht (Netherlands) |
| 马斯河 | Mǎ sī hé | Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe |
