| 蟻 | [ yǐ ] ant |
| 蟻丘 | [ yǐ qiū ] anthill |
| 蟻族 | [ yǐ zú ] "ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career |
| 蟻酸 | [ yǐ suān ] formic acid |
| 蟻醛 | [ yǐ quán ] formaldehyde (HCHO) |
| 蟻鬥蝸爭 | [ yǐ doù wō zhēng ] lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling |
| 蟻鴷 | [ yǐ liè ] (bird species of China) Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) |
| ⇒ 兵蟻 | [ bīng yǐ ] soldier ant, dinergate |
| ⇒ 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴 | [ qiān lǐ zhī dī kuì yú yǐ xué ] an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom), huge damage may result from a moment's negligence |
| ⇒ 如蟻附膻 | [ rú yǐ fù shān ] like ants pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful, the crowd runs after trash |
| ⇒ 熱鍋上的螞蟻 | [ rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ ] (like) a cat on a hot tin roof, anxious, agitated |
| ⇒ 白蟻 | [ baí yǐ ] termite, white ant |
| ⇒ 紅火蟻 | [ hóng huǒ yǐ ] fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China |
| ⇒ 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] |
| ⇒ 螻蟻 | [ loú yǐ ] lit. mole cricket and ants, fig. tiny individuals with no power |
| ⇒ 蠶蟻 | [ cán yǐ ] newly hatched silkworm |
| ⇒ 食蟻獸 | [ shí yǐ shoù ] ant-eater (several different species) |