蚂

mǎ/mā/mà

used in 蚂蟥 (mǎ huáng); used in 蚂蚁 (mǎ yǐ)

Traditional 螞

Meaning

mǎ as in 蚂蜂 ma3

mā as in 蚂螂 ma1

mà as in 蚂蚱 ma4

yǒu有yī一pái排mǎyǐ蚂蚁zài在chúfáng厨房lǐ里jìnjìnchūchū进进出出。

There's a row of ants coming in and out of the kitchen.
mǎyǐ蚂蚁hé和chángjǐnglù长颈鹿shì是yuǎnqīn远亲。

Ants and giraffes are distant cousins.
nà那búshì不是màzhà蚂蚱。shì是huángchóng蝗虫！

That's not a grasshopper. It's a locust!
nà那búshì不是xīshuài蟋蟀。shì是màzhà蚂蚱！

That's not a cricket, that's a grasshopper.

蚂蚁mǎyǐant
蚂螂mālángdragonfly
蚂蚱màzha(dialect) locust
蚂蟥mǎhuángleech
蚂蚁包mǎyǐbāoant bite (swollen, itchy bump)
蚂蚁窝mǎyǐwōant nest
蚂蚁腰mǎyǐyāo(coll.) tiny waist
蚂蚁上树mǎyǐshàngshù"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉丝 (fěn sī) and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree)
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