- 密码子 mìmǎzi codona sequence of three nucleotides that together form a unit of genetic code in a DNA or RNA molecule
- 反密码子 fǎnmìmǎzi anticodon(biochemistry) a sequence of three nucleotides in a transfer RNA molecule that corresponds to a complementary codon in messenger RNA
- 一码子 yīmǎzi same kind(colloquial) the same thing or category; usually used when comparing whether two things are the same or different.
- 洋码子 yángmǎzi Arabic numeralwestern numerals or foreign characters used for counting
- 两码子事 liǎngmǎzishì two very different thingstwo things that are fundamentally different from each other; two separate matters
- 苏州码子 sūzhōumǎzi Suzhou numeralsThe ten traditional Chinese numerals used by shopkeepers and in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine; also called [[草码|草碼|cao3 ma3]].