| 毛茛 | máo gèn | buttercup |
| 毛茸茸 | máo rōng rōng | hairy; shaggy |
| 毛血旺 | máo xuè wàng | duck's blood, beef and tripe in spicy soup |
| 毛豆 | máo dòu | green soy bean |
| 毛遂 | Máo Suì | Mao Sui (third century BC), who proverbially offered his services to the King of Chu 楚, see 毛遂自荐 |
| 毛遂自荐 | Máo Suì zì jiàn | Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) |
| 毛酸浆 | máo suān jiāng | husk ground-cherry; Physalis pubescens |
| 毛里求斯 | Máo lǐ qiú sī | Mauritius |
| 毛重 | máo zhòng | gross weight |
| 毛骨悚然 | máo gǔ sǒng rán | absolutely horrified (idiom) |
| 毫毛 | háo máo | hair; soft hair; down |
| 汗毛 | hàn máo | hair; soft hair; down |
| 泰山鸿毛 | Tài shān hóng máo | as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death) |
| 火烧眉毛 | huǒ shāo méi mao | lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency |
| 无毛 | wú máo | hairless |
| 环江毛南族自治县 | Huán jiāng Máo nán zú zì zhì xiàn | Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county in Hezhou 贺州, Guangxi |
| 略知皮毛 | lüè zhī pí máo | slight knowledge of sth; superficial acquaintance with a subject; a smattering |
| 白毛 | bái máo | white hair (of animals); see also 白发 |
| 眉毛钳 | méi máo qián | tweezers |
| 眉毛胡子一把抓 | méi mao hú zi yī bǎ zhuā | careless; any-old-how, regardless of the specific task |
| 睫毛膏 | jié máo gāo | mascara |
礼轻人意重，
千里送鹅毛 | lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng ,
qiān lǐ sòng é máo | 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. |
| 红毛丹 | hóng máo dān | rambutan or rumbutan (tropical fruit) (Nephelium lappaceum) |
| 绒毛性腺激素 | róng máo xìng xiàn jī sù | human chrionic gonodocophin (HCG) |
| 纤毛动力蛋白 | xiān máo dòng lì dàn bái | ciliary dynein protein |
| 羊毛出在羊身上 | yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng | lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.; Nothing comes for free. |
| 羊毛毯 | yáng máo tǎn | woolen blanket |
| 羊毛线 | yáng máo xiàn | knitting wool; wool yarn |
| 羽毛球场 | yǔ máo qiú chǎng | badminton court |
| 羽毛笔 | yǔ máo bǐ | quill pen |
| 羽毛缎 | yǔ máo duàn | camlet (silk fabric) |
| 脱毛剂 | tuō máo jì | depilatory medicine |
| 腋毛 | yè máo | armpit hair |
| 腺毛 | xiàn máo | glandular hair; trichome |
| 茹毛饮血 | rú máo yǐn xuè | devour raw meat and fowl (of savages) |
| 被毛 | bèi máo | coat (of an animal) |
| 西藏毛腿沙鸡 | Xī zàng máo tuǐ shā jī | Tibetan sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes tibetanus) |
| 触毛 | chù máo | whiskers |
| 身披羽毛 | shēn pī yǔ máo | feathered |
| 软毛 | ruǎn máo | fur |
| 轻于鸿毛 | qīng yú hóng máo | light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling; unimportant |
| 金毛狗 | jīn máo gǒu | golden retriever (dog breed); Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds, used in traditional Chinese medicine |
| 长毛象 | cháng máo xiàng | woolly mammoth |
| 阴毛 | yīn máo | pubic hair |
| 雁过拔毛 | yàn guò bá máo | lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose; fig. to seize any opportunity; pragmatic |
| 鸡毛店 | jī máo diàn | a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on |
| 鸡毛蒜皮 | jī máo suàn pí | chicken feather, garlic skin (idiom); trivial matter; kitchen trash |
| 鞭毛纲 | biān máo gāng | flagellate |
| 体毛 | tǐ máo | body hair |
| 鬃毛 | zōng máo | mane |
