| mǔ | male |
| 牡 | (of a bird, animal or plant) male key hills |
| 牡丹 | Mudan district of Heze city 菏澤市|菏泽市 |
| 牡丹乡 | Mutan township in Pingtung county 屏東縣|屏东县 |
| 牡丹亭 | Peony pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖 |
| 牡丹区 | Mudan district of Heze city 菏澤市|菏泽市 |
| 牡丹卡 | Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) |
| 牡丹坊 | Peony Lane |
| 牡丹江 | Mudanjiang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 |
| 牡丹江地区 | Mudanjiang prefecture in Heilongjiang |
| 牡丹江市 | Mudanjiang prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 |
| 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶 | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持 | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持 | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. |
| 牡牛 | bull |
| 牡羊座 | Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac) used erroneously for 白羊座 |
| 牡蛎 | oyster |
| 牡蛎养殖场 | an oyster bed; an oyster farm |
| 牡蛎汤 | Oyster soup |
| 牡鹿 | stag buck |