| 马夫 | mǎ fū | groom; stable lad; horsekeeper; pimp; procurer |
| 马伯乐 | Mǎ bó lè | Maspero (name) |
| 马但 | Mǎ dàn | Matthan, son of Eleazar and father of Jakob in Matthew 1.15 |
| 马来 | Mǎ lái | Malaya; Malaysia |
| 马来人 | Mǎ lái rén | Malay person or people |
| 马来半岛 | Mǎ lái bàn dǎo | Malayan peninsula (possibly including Indonesia until 1945) |
| 马来文 | Mǎ lái wén | Malaysian language |
| 马来西亚人 | Mǎ lái xī yà rén | Malaysian person or people |
| 马来西亚语 | Mǎ lái xī yà yǔ | Malaysian (language) |
| 马来语 | Mǎ lái yǔ | Malaysian language |
| 马俊仁 | Mǎ Jùn rén | Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach |
| 马克・吐温 | Mǎ kè · Tǔ wēn | Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 哈克貝利·哈克贝利·芬历险记 |
| 马克思・列宁主义 | Mǎ kè sī · Liè níng zhǔ yì | Marxism-Leninism |
| 马克斯・普朗克 | Mǎ kè sī · pǔ lǎng kè | Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist who first postulated quantization of energy |
| 马克斯威尔 | mǎ kè sī wēi ěr | James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) |
| 马克沁 | Mǎ kè qìn | Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun |
| 马克沁机枪 | Mǎ kè qìn jī qiāng | Maxim machine gun |
| 马克笔 | mǎ kè bǐ | marker (loanword); felt marker |
| 马克西米连 | Mǎ kè xī mǐ lián | Maximilian or Maximilien (name) |
| 马兜铃科 | mǎ dōu líng kē | Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger) |
| 马公 | Mǎ gōng | Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan |
| 马公市 | Mǎ gōng shì | Makung city in Penghu county 澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan |
| 马六甲 | Mǎ liù jiǎ | Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra |
| 马六甲海峡 | Mǎ liù jiǎ Hǎi xiá | the Strait of Malacca or Melaka |
| 马其顿 | Mǎ qí dùn | Macedonia |
| 马其顿共和国 | Mǎ qí dùn gòng hé guó | Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslav republic) |
| 马具 | mǎ jù | harness |
| 马列 | mǎ liè | Marx and Lenin |
| 马利亚 | Mǎ lì yà | Maria (name); Mary, mother of Jesus Christ |
| 马利亚纳海沟 | Mǎ lì yà nà hǎi gōu | Mariana Trench (or Marianas Trench) |
| 马利亚纳群岛 | Mǎ lì yà nà qún dǎo | Mariana Islands in Pacific |
| 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) |
