| 马利基 | Mǎ lì jī | Maliki or Al-Maliki (name); Nouri Kamel al-Maliki (1950-) prime minister of Iraq from 2006 |
| 马到成功 | mǎ dào chéng gōng | instant success; beginner's luck |
| 马刺 | mǎ cì | spur (on riding boots) |
| 马前卒 | mǎ qián zú | lackey; errand boy; lit. runner before a carriage |
| 马勒 | Mǎ lè | Mahler (name); Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Austrian composer |
| 马勺 | mǎ sháo | wooden ladle |
| 马匹 | mǎ pǐ | horse |
| 马南邨 | Mǎ Nán cūn | Ma Nancun (1912-1966), pen name of Deng Tuo 邓拓 |
| 马友友 | Mǎ Yǒu yǒu | Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist |
| 马可尼 | Mǎ kě ní | Marconi, UK electronics company |
| 马可波罗 | Mǎ kě Bō luó | Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo) |
| 马可福音 | Mǎ kě fú yīn | Gospel according to St Mark |
| 马哈拉施特拉邦 | Mǎ hā lā shī tè lā bāng | Maharashtra (state in India) |
| 马哈迪 | Mǎ hā dí | Mahathir bin Mohamad |
| 马噶尔尼 | Mǎ gá ěr ní | Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793; Paul McCartney, former Beatle |
| 马噶尔尼使团 | Mǎ gá ěr ní shǐ tuán | the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793 |
| 马国 | Mǎ guó | abbr. for 马来西亚, Malaysia |
| 马塞卢 | Mǎ sài lú | Maseru, capital of Lesotho |
| 马大 | Mǎ dà | Martha (biblical name) |
| 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 |
