- 大炮打蚊子 dàpàodǎwénzi to use a sledgehammer to crack a nutusing a cannon to shoot a mosquito; excessive effort for a trivial task
- 蚊子再小也是肉 wénzizàixiǎoyěshìròu it is better than nothingEven a tiny bit is better than nothing at all; literally "even a mosquito, though tiny, is still meat".
- 蚊子包 wénzibāo mosquito biteThe red bump or swelling on the skin left after a mosquito has bitten someone
- 蚊子馆 wénziguǎn idle public building(Taiwan, jocular) a public building that lies idle or is abandoned after construction, jokingly referred to as a place built only for housing mosquitoes.
- 蚊子香 wénzixiāng mosquito coilspiral-shaped incense used for repelling or killing mosquitoes