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Cantonese Body Parts

This is a list of body parts in Cantonese. This can enable you describe parts of the human body with ease. We focused on the main used ones.

Mouth:
kǒu
Nose:

Tongue:

Teeth:

Ear: 耳仔
ěr zǐ
Eye: 眼睛
yǎnjīng
Face:
liǎn
Head:
tóu
Neck:
jǐng
Arm: 手臂
shǒu bì
Shoulder: 膊頭
bó tóu
Chest: 心口
xīnkǒu
Back: 背脊
bèijǐ
Fingers: 手指
shǒuzhǐ
Feet:
jiǎo
Hair: 頭髮
tóufà
Hand:
shǒu
Heart:
xīn
Leg:
jiǎo
Stomach: 胃(the organ) 肚(to refer to the belly area)
wèi (the organ) dù (to refer to the belly area)

These samples show how body parts are used in Cantonese. You will learn how to use nouns (parts of the body) with adjectives and prepositions (such as the preposition "with").

She has beautiful eyes: 佢對眼好靚
qú duì yǎn hǎo jìng
You hear with your ears: 你用耳仔聽嘢
nǐ yòng ěr zǐ tīng yě
We see with our eyes: 我地用眼睇嘢
wǒ de yòng yǎn dì yě
I smell with my nose: 我用鼻聞嘢
wǒ yòng bí wén yě
He feels with his hand: 佢用手摸嘢
qú yòng shǒu mō yě
She tastes with her tongue: 佢用脷試味
qú yòng lì shì wèi

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