English
- ant
- used in 螞螂|蚂螂[ma1 lang2]
- used in 螞蟥|蚂蟥[ma3 huang2]
- used in 螞蚱|蚂蚱[ma4 zha5]
- leech
- used in 螞蟻|蚂蚁[ma3 yi3]
Variants
Words containing 螞
- 螞蟻maa5 ngai5
ant
- 螞蜂maa5 fung1
variant of 馬蜂|马蜂[ma3 feng1]
- 螞螂maa1 long4
dragonfly
- 螞蚱maa6 zaa3
(dialect) locust
- 螞蟻搬家maa5 ngai5 bun1 gaa1
to move large bunch of things bit by bit; literally, ant moving home
- 大螞蟻daai6 maa5 ngai5
- 螞蟻包maa5 ngai5 baau1
ant bite (swollen, itchy bump)
- 螞蟥maa5 wong4
leech
- 螞蟻窩maa5 ngai5 wo1
ant nest
- 螞蟻腰maa5 ngai5 jiu1
(coll.) tiny waist
- 螞蟻上樹maa5 ngai5 soeng6 syu6
"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)
- 螞蟻金服maa5 ngai5 gam1 fuk6
Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1]
- 熱鍋上的螞蟻jit6 wo1 soeng6 dik1 maa5 ngai5
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof
- 螞螂艇maa1 lang1 teng5
- 螞蚱也是肉maa5 zaak3 jaa5 si6 juk6
lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom)
- 一條繩上的螞蚱jat1 tiu4 sing2 soeng6 dik1 maa6 zaa3
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
- 一根繩上的螞蚱jat1 gan1 sing2 soeng6 dik1 maa6 zaa3
see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5]