蚂

mǎmà

used in 螞蟥; used in 螞蟻

How to write 蚂, stroke by stroke

Pictophonetic: semantic 虫 (insect), phonetic 马

Made of 虫 + 马

蚂蚁mǎ yǐant
蚂蚱mà zha(dialect) locust; grasshopper
蚂蚁窝mǎ yǐ wōant nest
蚂蚁包mǎ yǐ bāoant bite (swollen, itchy bump); anthill; ant mound; (metonym) ant nest
蚂蚁腰mǎ yǐ yāo(coll.) tiny waist
蚂螂mā lángdragonfly
蚂蟥mǎ huángleech
蚂蚁上树mǎ yǐ shàng shù"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉丝 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
蚂蜂mǎ fēngvariant of 马蜂
蚂蚁金服mǎ yǐ jīn fúAnt Financial Services Group, an affiliate company of Alibaba 阿里巴巴

我们是一根绳上的蚂蚱。
wǒ men shì yì gēn shéng shàng de mà zha 。
We're in the same boat.
那个孤僻的人以观察蚂蚁取乐。
nà ge gū pì de rén yǐ guān chá mǎ yǐ qǔ lè 。
The lonely man derives pleasure from observing ants.
蚂蚁和长颈鹿是远亲。
mǎ yǐ hé cháng jǐng lù shì yuǎn qīn 。
Ants and giraffes are distant cousins.
那不是蚂蚱。是蝗虫！
nà bú shì mà zha 。 shì huáng chóng ！
That's not a grasshopper. It's a locust!
那不是蟋蟀。是蚂蚱！
nà bú shì xī shuài 。 shì mà zha ！
That's not a cricket, that's a grasshopper.