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PINYIN INITIAL M
Chinese characters starting with M
Explore 392 Chinese characters whose standard Pinyin begins with M. Open any character to hear its pronunciation, watch the stroke order, and create a printable practice sheet.
Examples in this index: 吗 (ma), 妈 (mā), 卖 (mài), 买 (mǎi), 忙 (máng), 猫 (māo).
PINYIN SYLLABLES
Pronunciations starting with M
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吗ma6 strokes(coll.) what?→妈mā6 strokesma→卖mài8 strokesto sell→买mǎi6 strokesto buy→忙máng6 strokesbusy→猫māo11 strokescat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])→么me3 strokesexclamatory final particle→没méi7 strokesdrowned→妹mèi8 strokesyounger sister→们men5 strokesplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals→米mǐ6 strokesrice→面miàn9 strokesface→名míng6 strokesname→明míng8 strokesMing Dynasty (1368-1644)→慢màn14 strokesslow→每měi7 strokeseach→门mén3 strokesgate→马mǎ3 strokeshorse→码mǎ8 strokesweight→满mǎn13 strokesto fill→毛máo4 strokeshair→冒mào9 strokesto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)→末mò5 strokestip→目mù5 strokeseye→麻má11 strokesgeneric name for hemp, flax etc→馒mán14 strokesused in 饅頭|馒头[man2tou5]→漫màn14 strokesfree→帽mào12 strokeshat→貌mào14 strokesappearance→美měi9 strokesbeautiful→梦mèng11 strokesdream (CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4])→迷mí9 strokesto bewilder→密mì11 strokessecret→免miǎn7 strokesto excuse sb→秒miǎo9 strokessecond (unit of time)→民mín5 strokes(bound form) the people→命mìng8 strokeslife→默mò16 strokessilent→慕mù14 strokesto admire→母mǔ5 strokesmother→骂mà9 strokesto scold→矛máo5 strokesspear→玫méi8 strokes(fine jade)→媒méi12 strokesmedium→魅mèi14 strokesdemon→秘mì10 strokessecret→眠mián10 strokesto sleep→描miáo11 strokesto depict→敏mǐn11 strokes(bound form) quick; nimble; agile→模mó14 strokesto imitate→陌mò8 strokesraised path→漠mò13 strokesdesert→摸mō13 strokesto feel with the hand→某mǒu9 strokessome→木mù4 strokes(bound form) tree→幕mù13 strokescurtain or screen→嘛ma14 strokesused in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]→蚂mǎ9 strokesused in 螞蟥|蚂蟥[ma3huang2]→埋mái10 strokesto bury→迈mài6 strokesto take a step→麦mài7 strokeswheat; barley; oats→盲máng8 strokesblind→贸mào9 strokescommerce→眉méi9 strokeseyebrow→梅méi11 strokesplum→煤méi13 strokescoal→弥mí8 strokesfull→蜜mì14 strokeshoney→棉mián12 strokesgeneric term for cotton or kapok→勉miǎn9 strokesto exhort→妙miào7 strokesclever→灭miè5 strokesto extinguish or put out→摩mó15 strokesto rub→寞mò13 strokeslonesome→脉mài9 strokesarteries and veins→蛮mán12 strokesbarbarian→瞒mán15 strokesto conceal from→蔓màn14 strokescreeper→芒máng6 strokesawn (of cereals)→氓máng8 strokesused in 流氓[liu2mang2]→茫máng9 strokesvast, with no clear boundary→莽mǎng10 strokes(bound form) dense growth of grass→髦máo14 strokesbang (hair)→茂mào8 strokesluxuriant→枚méi8 strokesclassifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4])→霉méi15 strokesmold→昧mèi9 strokesto conceal→媚mèi12 strokesflatter→寐mèi12 strokesto sleep soundly→闷mēn7 strokesstuffy→萌méng11 strokes(bound form) to sprout; to bud→盟méng13 strokesoath→蒙méng13 strokesto deceive→朦méng17 strokesused in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2long2]→猛měng11 strokesferocious→谜mí11 strokesriddle→泌mì8 strokesused in 泌陽|泌阳[Bi4yang2]→觅mì8 strokes(literary) to seek→眯mī11 strokesto narrow one's eyes→绵mián11 strokessilk floss→缅miǎn12 strokesdistant→腼miǎn13 strokesbashful→苗miáo8 strokesHmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China→瞄miáo13 strokesto take aim→庙miào8 strokestemple→渺miǎo12 strokes(of an expanse of water) vast→藐miǎo17 strokesto despise→蔑miè14 strokesto belittle→鸣míng8 strokesto cry (of birds, animals and insects)→铭míng11 strokesto engrave→谬miù13 strokesto deceive→膜mó14 strokesmembrane→磨mó16 strokesto rub→蘑mó19 strokesmushroom→魔mó20 strokes(bound form) evil spirit; devil→沫mò8 strokesfoam→茉mò8 strokesused in 茉莉[mo4li4]→莫mò10 strokesdo not→墨mò15 strokesink stick→抹mǒ8 strokesto smear→谋móu11 strokesto plan→沐mù7 strokesto bathe→牧mù8 strokesto herd→募mù12 strokesto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist→墓mù13 strokesgrave→睦mù13 strokesamicable→暮mù14 strokesevening→亩mǔ7 strokesclassifier for fields→牡mǔ7 strokes(of a bird, animal or plant) male→姆mǔ8 strokeswoman who looks after small children→拇mǔ8 strokesthumb→呣ḿ8 strokesinterjection expressing consent→蟆ma16 strokestoad→嗎má13 strokesChinese character→痲má13 strokesleprosy→杩mà7 strokesheadboard→嘜mà14 strokesChinese character→罵mà15 strokesChinese character→犸mǎ6 strokesmammoth→玛mǎ7 strokesagate; cornelian→馬mǎ10 strokesChinese character→瑪mǎ14 strokesChinese character→碼mǎ15 strokesChinese character→螞mǎ16 strokesChinese character→媽mā13 strokesChinese character→霾mái22 strokeshaze→劢mài5 strokesput forth effort→唛mài10 strokesmark (loanword)→脈mài10 strokesChinese character→麥mài11 strokesChinese character→賣mài15 strokesChinese character→邁mài16 strokesChinese character→霡mài17 strokesold variant of 霢[mai4]→霢mài18 strokesused in 霢霂[mai4mu4]→荬mǎi9 strokesused in 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[qu3mai5cai4]→買mǎi12 strokesChinese character→蕒mǎi16 strokesChinese character→瞞mán16 strokesChinese character→鞔mán16 strokesChinese character→謾mán18 strokesChinese character→饅mán19 strokesChinese character→鳗mán19 strokes(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)→鰻mán22 strokesChinese character→蠻mán25 strokesChinese character→曼màn11 strokeshandsome→谩màn13 strokesto slander→墁màn14 strokesto plaster→嫚màn14 strokes(dialect) girl→幔màn14 strokescurtain→缦màn14 strokesplain thin silk→熳màn15 strokesused in 爛熳|烂熳[lan4man4]→镘màn16 strokesside of coin without words→縵màn17 strokesChinese character→滿mǎn14 strokesChinese character→螨mǎn16 strokesmite→蟎mǎn17 strokesChinese character→颟mān16 strokesdawdling→邙máng5 strokesMt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs→吂máng6 strokesChinese character→汒máng6 strokesChinese character→硭máng11 strokescrude saltpeter→铓máng12 strokessharp point→鋩máng15 strokesChinese character→漭mǎng13 strokesvast→蟒mǎng16 strokespython→牦máo8 strokesyak (Bos grunniens)→茅máo8 strokesreeds→茆máo8 strokestype of water plant→旄máo10 strokesbanner decorated with animal's tail→酕máo11 strokesused in 酕醄[mao2tao2]→锚máo13 strokesanchor→鉾máo14 strokesspear→氂máo15 strokesChinese character→蝥máo15 strokesChinese character→蟊máo17 strokesSpanish fly→錨máo17 strokesChinese character→皃mào7 strokesChinese character→耄mào10 strokesextremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s)→袤mào11 strokeslength→貿mào12 strokesChinese character→楙mào13 strokesCydonia japonica→瑁mào13 strokes(jade)→瞀mào14 strokesindistinct vision→懋mào17 strokesto be hardworking→卯mǎo5 strokesmortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)→峁mǎo8 strokesround yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)→泖mǎo8 strokesstill water→昴mǎo9 strokesthe Pleiades→铆mǎo10 strokesto fasten with rivets→鉚mǎo13 strokesChinese character→貓māo16 strokesChinese character→沒méi7 strokesChinese character→莓méi10 strokesberry→脢méi11 strokesmeat on the back of an animal→嵋méi12 strokesused in 峨嵋山[E2 mei2 Shan1]→湄méi12 strokesbrink→猸méi12 strokesused for ferret, badger or mongoose→楣méi13 strokeslintel→酶méi14 strokesenzyme→镅méi14 strokesamericium (chemistry)→鹛méi14 strokesbabbler (bird)→黴méi23 strokesChinese character→袂mèi9 strokessleeve of a robe→浼měi10 strokesto ask a favor of→镁měi14 strokesmagnesium (chemistry)→鎂měi17 strokesChinese character→扪mén6 strokeslay hands on→钔mén8 strokesmendelevium (chemistry)→門mén8 strokesChinese character→們mén10 strokesChinese character→捫mén11 strokesChinese character→焖mèn11 strokesto cook in a covered vessel→悶mèn12 strokesChinese character→燜mèn16 strokesChinese character→懑mèn17 strokesmelancholy→懣mèn18 strokesChinese character→尨méng7 strokesold variant of 龐|庞[pang2]→虻méng9 strokeshorsefly→甍méng14 strokesrafters supporting tiles→瞢méng15 strokeseyesight obscured→懞méng17 strokesChinese character→檬méng17 strokesused in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2meng2]→濛méng17 strokesChinese character→曚méng18 strokestwilight before dawn→礞méng18 strokes(mineral)→艨méng19 strokesancient warship→孟mèng8 strokesfirst month of a season→夢mèng14 strokesChinese character→冡měng10 strokesold variant of 蒙[meng2]→勐měng10 strokesmeng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan)→锰měng13 strokesmanganese (chemistry)→艋měng14 strokesused in 舴艋[ze2meng3]→蜢měng14 strokesgrasshopper→錳měng16 strokesChinese character→懵měng18 strokesstupid→蠓měng19 strokesgrasshopper→矇mēng19 strokesChinese character→祢mí9 strokesyou (used to address a deity)→袮mí10 strokesYou→猕mí11 strokesused in 獼猴|猕猴[mi2 hou2]→謎mí16 strokesChinese character→醚mí16 strokesether→彌mí17 strokesChinese character→糜mí17 strokesrice gruel→縻mí17 strokesto tie up→麋mí17 strokesmoose→麿mí17 strokes(Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic)→禰mí18 strokesChinese character→靡mí19 strokesextravagant→瀰mí20 strokesChinese character→蘼mí22 strokesmillet→冖mì2 strokes"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]→糸mì6 strokesfine silk→汨mì7 strokesname of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]→宓mì8 strokesstill→覓mì11 strokesChinese character→幂mì12 strokes(math.) power; exponent→谧mì12 strokesquiet→嘧mì14 strokes(phonetic) as in pyrimidine→蓂mì14 strokeslucky place→冪mì16 strokesChinese character→謐mì17 strokesChinese character→芈mǐ7 strokessurname Mi→羋mǐ8 strokesChinese character→弭mǐ9 strokesto stop→洣mǐ9 strokesMi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang 湘江→敉mǐ10 strokespeaceful→脒mǐ10 strokesamidine (chemistry)→咪mī9 strokessound for calling a cat→瞇mī14 strokesChinese character→宀mián3 strokes"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]→綿mián14 strokesChinese character→臱mián15 strokesChinese character→麵miàn20 strokesChinese character→丏miǎn4 strokeshidden from view→沔miǎn7 strokesinundation→黾miǎn8 strokestoad→眄miǎn9 strokesto ogle at→娩miǎn10 strokescomplaisant→冕miǎn11 strokescrown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations→渑miǎn11 strokesname of a river in Shandong→湎miǎn12 strokesdrunk→緬miǎn15 strokesChinese character→澠miǎn16 strokesChinese character→靦miǎn16 strokesChinese character→鹋miáo13 strokesused in 鴯鶓|鸸鹋[er2miao2]→鶓miáo20 strokesChinese character→廟miào15 strokesChinese character→杪miǎo8 strokesthe limit→眇miǎo9 strokesblind in one eye→淼miǎo12 strokesa flood→缈miǎo12 strokesindistinct→緲miǎo15 strokesChinese character→邈miǎo17 strokesprofound→喵miāo11 strokes(onom.) meow→烕miè10 strokesold variant of 滅|灭[mie4]→滅miè13 strokesChinese character→篾miè17 strokesthe outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip→蠛miè20 strokesminute flies→衊miè21 strokesChinese character→咩miē9 strokesthe bleating of sheep→岷mín8 strokesname of a river in Sichuan→玟mín8 strokesjade-like stone→苠mín8 strokesmultitude→珉mín9 strokesalabaster, jade-like stone→缗mín12 strokescord→暋mín13 strokesunhappy→皿mǐn5 strokes(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container→闵mǐn7 strokessurname Min→忞mǐn8 strokesdisorderly→抿mǐn8 strokesto smooth hair with a wet brush→泯mǐn8 strokes(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate→敃mǐn9 strokesstrong; robust; vigorous→闽mǐn9 strokesshort name for Fujian province 福建[Fu2 jian4]→悯mǐn10 strokesto sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for→湣mǐn12 strokes(ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs)→閔mǐn12 strokesChinese character→愍mǐn13 strokesChinese character→黽mǐn13 strokesChinese character→閩mǐn14 strokesChinese character→憫mǐn15 strokesChinese character→鳘mǐn19 strokescod→茗míng9 strokesThea sinensis→冥míng10 strokesdark→眳míng11 strokesspace between the eyebrows and the eyelashes→溟míng13 strokesto drizzle→暝míng14 strokesdark→銘míng14 strokesChinese character→鳴míng14 strokesChinese character→瞑míng15 strokesto close (the eyes)→螟míng16 strokesboring insect→酩mǐng13 strokesused in 酩酊[ming3ding3]→缪miù14 strokessurname Miao→謬miù18 strokesChinese character→谟mó12 strokesplan→嫫mó13 strokesugly woman→馍mó13 strokessmall loaf of steamed bread→摹mó14 strokes(bound form) to imitate→麼mó14 strokesChinese character→麽mó14 strokestiny→嬷mó17 strokesdialectal or obsolete equivalent of 媽|妈[ma1]→糢mó17 strokesblurred→謨mó18 strokesChinese character→饃mó19 strokesChinese character→殁mò8 strokesto end→秣mò10 strokesfeed a horse with grain→眽mò11 strokesto gaze→蓦mò13 strokesleap on or over→貉mò13 strokesraccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)→貊mò13 strokesname of a wild tribe→瘼mò15 strokesdistress→镆mò15 strokesused in 鏌鋣|镆铘[Mo4ye2]→貘mò17 strokestapir→驀mò21 strokesChinese character→耱mò22 strokesChinese character→侔móu8 strokessimilar→眸móu11 strokespupil (of the eye)→蛑móu12 strokesmarine crab→謀móu16 strokesChinese character→繆móu17 strokesChinese character→鍪móu17 strokesiron pot→哞mōu9 strokesmoo (sound made by cow)→毪mú10 strokesa type of woolen fabric made in Tibet→仫mù5 strokesused in 仫佬族[Mu4 lao3 zu2], Mulao ethnic group of Guangxi→牟mù6 strokesbarley→坶mù8 strokesChinese character→苜mù8 strokesclover→钼mù10 strokesmolybdenum (chemistry)→霂mù15 strokesused in 霢霂[mai4mu4]→穆mù16 strokessolemn→畝mǔ10 strokesChinese character→鉧mǔ13 strokesChinese character→
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Characters are grouped by the first letter of their standard Pinyin spelling. Tone marks do not change the initial, so every pronunciation beginning with M appears together on this page.
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