| 1 | 毛泽东 | 毛澤東 | máo zé dōng | Mao2 Ze2 dong1 | Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader | | |
| 2 | 毛主席 | 毛主席 | máo zhǔ xí | Mao2 Zhu3 xi2 | Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader | | |
| 3 | 毛 | 毛 | máo | Mao2 | hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 ); surname Mao | | |
| 4 | 毛病 | 毛病 | máo bìng | mao2 bing4 | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 5 | 毛泽东思想 | 毛澤東思想 | máo zé dōng sī xiǎng | Mao2 Ze2 dong1 Si1 xiang3 | Mao Zedong Thought; Maoism | | |
| 6 | 羽毛 | 羽毛 | yǔ máo | yu3 mao2 | feather; plumage; plume | | |
| 7 | 毛巾 | 毛巾 | máo jīn | mao2 jin1 | towel; Classifiers: 条 | | |
| 8 | 羊毛 | 羊毛 | yáng máo | yang2 mao2 | fleece; wool; woolen | | |
| 9 | 毛细血管 | 毛細血管 | máo xì xuè guǎn | mao2 xi4 xue4 guan3 | capillary blood vessels | | |
| 10 | 绒毛 | 絨毛 | róng máo | rong2 mao2 | fuzz; fur; down (soft fur); villi capillary (in the small intestine) | | |
| 11 | 毛发 | 毛髮 | máo fà | mao2 fa4 | hair | | |
| 12 | 毛皮 | 毛皮 | máo pí | mao2 pi2 | fur; pelt | | |
| 13 | 毛驴 | 毛驢 | máo lǘ | mao2 lu:2 | donkey; Classifiers: 头 | | |
| 14 | 睫毛 | 睫毛 | jié máo | jie2 mao2 | eyelashes | | |
| 15 | 牛毛 | 牛毛 | niú máo | niu2 mao2 | ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate) | | |
| 16 | 二毛子 | 二毛子 | èr máo zi | er4 mao2 zi5 | lit. secondary foreigner; (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion); (coll.) westernized Chinese person; (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood; (slang) Ukraine; German shepherd dog; (dialect) two-year-old goat | | |
| 17 | 耻毛 | 恥毛 | chǐ máo | chi3 mao2 | pubic hair | | |
| 18 | 发毛 | 發毛 | fā máo | fa1 mao2 | to rant and rave; to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect) | | |
| 19 | 凤毛麟角 | 鳳毛麟角 | fèng máo lín jiǎo | feng4 mao2 lin2 jiao3 | lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between | | |
| 20 | 嘴上无毛,办事不牢 | 嘴上無毛,辦事不牢 | zuǐ shàng wú máo , bàn shì bù láo | zui3 shang4 wu2 mao2 , ban4 shi4 bu4 lao2 | see 嘴上沒毛 ,嘴上没毛 ,办事不牢 | | |
| 21 | 长毛象 | 長毛象 | cháng máo xiàng | chang2 mao2 xiang4 | woolly mammoth | | |
| 22 | 藏毛性疾病 | 藏毛性疾病 | cáng máo xìng jí bìng | cang2 mao2 xing4 ji2 bing4 | pilonidal disease | | |
| 23 | 不毛之地 | 不毛之地 | bù máo zhī dì | bu4 mao2 zhi1 di4 | barren land; desert | | |
| 24 | 被毛 | 被毛 | bèi máo | bei4 mao2 | coat (of an animal) | | |
| 25 | 白毛女 | 白毛女 | bái máo nǚ | bai2 mao2 nu:3 | The White Haired Girl (1950), one of the first PRC films | | |