| 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 | 毛巾 | 毛巾 | máo jīn | mao2 jin1 | towel; Classifiers: 条 | | |
| 7 | 毛细血管 | 毛細血管 | máo xì xuè guǎn | mao2 xi4 xue4 guan3 | capillary blood vessels | | |
| 8 | 毛发 | 毛髮 | máo fà | mao2 fa4 | hair | | |
| 9 | 毛皮 | 毛皮 | máo pí | mao2 pi2 | fur; pelt | | |
| 10 | 毛驴 | 毛驢 | máo lǘ | mao2 lu:2 | donkey; Classifiers: 头 | | |
| 11 | 毛骨悚然 | 毛骨悚然 | máo gǔ sǒng rán | mao2 gu3 song3 ran2 | to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold | | |
| 12 | 毛茛 | 毛茛 | máo gèn | mao2 gen4 | buttercup | | |
| 13 | 毛根 | 毛根 | máo gēn | mao2 gen1 | a strand of hair; pipe cleaner | | |
| 14 | 毛脚渔鸮 | 毛腳漁鴞 | máo jiǎo yú xiāo | mao2 jiao3 yu2 xiao1 | (bird species of China) Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni) | | |
| 15 | 毛坑 | 毛坑 | máo kēng | mao2 keng1 | variant of 茅坑 | | |
| 16 | 毛孔 | 毛孔 | máo kǒng | mao2 kong3 | pore | | |
| 17 | 毛豆 | 毛豆 | máo dòu | mao2 dou4 | immature green soy beans, either still in the pod (edamame) or removed from the pod | | |
| 18 | 毛邓三 | 毛鄧三 | máo dèng sān | Mao2 Deng4 San1 | Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory & the Three Represents; abbr. for 毛泽东思想 | | |
| 19 | 毛诞节 | 毛誕節 | máo dàn jié | Mao2 dan4 jie2 | Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th | | |
| 20 | 毛刺 | 毛刺 | máo cì | mao2 ci4 | barb; whiskers | | |
| 21 | 毛子国 | 毛子國 | máo zi guó | Mao2 zi5 guo2 | (derog.) Russia | | |
| 22 | 毛虫 | 毛蟲 | máo chóng | mao2 chong2 | caterpillar | | |
| 23 | 毛茶 | 毛茶 | máo chá | mao2 cha2 | unprocessed sun-dried tea leaves used to make black or green tea | | |
| 24 | 毛边纸 | 毛邊紙 | máo biān zhǐ | mao2 bian1 zhi3 | fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc; also written 毛边 | | |
| 25 | 毛哔叽 | 毛嗶嘰 | máo bì jī | mao2 bi4 ji1 | serge | | |