| 螞 | [ mā ] dragonfly |
| 螞 | [ mǎ ] ant |
| 螞 | [ mà ] grasshopper |
| 螞蚱 | [ mà zha ] (dialect) locust, grasshopper |
| 螞蚱也是肉 | [ mà zha yě shì roù ] lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom), fig. it's better than nothing |
| 螞蜂 | [ mǎ fēng ] variant of 馬蜂|马蜂[ma3 feng1] |
| 螞螂 | [ mā láng ] dragonfly |
| 螞蟥 | [ mǎ huáng ] leech |
| 螞蟻 | [ mǎ yǐ ] ant |
| 螞蟻上樹 | [ mǎ yǐ shàng shù ] "ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1] and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree), (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body, (erotic massage) full-body licking |
| 螞蟻腰 | [ mǎ yǐ yaō ] (coll.) tiny waist |
| 螞蟻金服 | [ mǎ yǐ jīn fú ] Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1] |
| ⇒ 一根繩上的螞蚱 | [ yī gēn shéng shàng de mà zha ] see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5] |
| ⇒ 一條繩上的螞蚱 | [ yī 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 |
| ⇒ 熱鍋上的螞蟻 | [ rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ ] (like) a cat on a hot tin roof, anxious, agitated |