| 蚂蚁HSK 6 | mǎ yǐ | ant | |
| 蚂蟥 | mǎ huáng | leech | |
| 热锅上的蚂蚁HSK 6 | rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ | (like) a cat on a hot tin roof; anxious; agitated | |
| 蚂蜂 | mǎ fēng | variant of 马蜂 | |
| 蚂蚁腰 | mǎ yǐ yāo | (coll.) tiny waist |
| 蚂蚱 | mà zha | (dialect) locust; grasshopper | |
| 一根绳上的蚂蚱 | yī gēn shéng shàng de mà zha | see 一条绳上的蚂蚱 | |
| 一条绳上的蚂蚱 | yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha | lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom); fig. people who are in it together for better or worse; people who will sink or swim together |