| 1 | 麻烦 | 麻煩 | má fan | ma2 fan5 | inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to trouble or bother sb; to put sb to trouble | | |
| 2 | 麻 | 蔴 | má | ma2 | generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; Classifiers: 缕 ; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb; variant of 麻 ; hemp; surname Ma | | |
| 3 | 麻醉 | 麻醉 | má zuì | ma2 zui4 | anesthesia; (fig.) to poison (sb's mind) | | |
| 4 | 麻雀 | 麻雀 | má què | ma2 que4 | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong | | |
| 5 | 麻木 | 麻木 | má mù | ma2 mu4 | numb; insensitive; apathetic | | |
| 6 | 麻痹 | 麻痺 | má bì | ma2 bi4 | paralysis; palsy; numbness; to benumb; (fig.) to lull; negligent; apathetic | | |
| 7 | 麻将 | 麻將 | má jiàng | ma2 jiang4 | sesame paste (sauce); sesame paste; mahjong; Classifiers: 副 | | |
| 8 | 大麻二酚 | 大麻二酚 | dà má èr fēn | da4 ma2 er4 fen1 | cannabidiol (CBD) | | |
| 9 | 火麻 | 火麻 | huǒ má | huo3 ma2 | hemp | | |
| 10 | 麻苎 | 麻苧 | má zhù | ma2 zhu4 | hemp and ramie; coarse cloth | | |
| 11 | 麻椒 | 麻椒 | má jiāo | ma2 jiao1 | an extra strong type of Sichuan pepper, dark green when ripe but light brown after air drying | | |
| 12 | 蛇麻 | 蛇麻 | shé má | she2 ma2 | hops (Humulus lupulus) | | |
| 13 | 蓖麻毒蛋白 | 蓖麻毒蛋白 | bì má dú dàn bái | bi4 ma2 du2 dan4 bai2 | ricin (biochemistry) | | |
| 14 | 大麻 | 大麻 | dà má | da4 ma2 | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis; marijuana | | |
| 15 | 大鳞大麻哈鱼 | 大鱗大麻哈魚 | dà lín dá má hǎ yú | da4 lin2 da2 ma2 ha3 yu2 | king salmon; Chinook salmon | | |
| 16 | 打麻雀运动 | 打麻雀運動 | dǎ má què yùn dòng | Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4 | the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大跃进 aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows | | |
| 17 | 自找麻烦 | 自找麻煩 | zì zhǎo má fan | zi4 zhao3 ma2 fan5 | to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties | | |
| 18 | 不差甚麻 | 不差甚麻 | bù chā shén má | bu4 cha1 shen2 ma2 | almost all; lacking only a little; in general; usual; ordinary | | |
| 19 | 蓖麻籽 | 蓖麻籽 | bì má zǐ | bi4 ma2 zi3 | castor beans | | |
| 20 | 德国麻疹 | 德國麻疹 | dé guó má zhěn | De2 guo2 ma2 zhen3 | German measles; rubella | | |
| 21 | 发麻 | 發麻 | fā má | fa1 ma2 | to feel numb | | |
| 22 | 蓖麻毒素 | 蓖麻毒素 | bì má dú sù | bi4 ma2 du2 su4 | ricin (biochemistry) | | |
| 23 | 黑顶麻雀 | 黑頂麻雀 | hēi dǐng má què | hei1 ding3 ma2 que4 | (bird species of China) saxaul sparrow (Passer ammodendri) | | |
| 24 | 黑漆麻花 | 黑漆麻花 | hēi qī má huā | hei1 qi1 ma2 hua1 | pitch-dark; coal black | | |
| 25 | 黑胸麻雀 | 黑胸麻雀 | hēi xiōng má què | hei1 xiong1 ma2 que4 | (bird species of China) Spanish sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) | | |