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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: 口 kǒu |
Nose: 鼻 bí |
Tongue: 脷 lì |
Teeth: 牙 yá |
| Ear: 耳仔 ěr zǐ |
Eye: 眼睛 yǎnjīng |
Face: 臉 liǎn |
Head: 頭 tóu |
| Neck: 頸 jǐng |
Arm: 手臂 shǒu bì |
Shoulder: 膊頭 bó tóu |
Chest: 心口 xīnkǒu |
| Back: 背脊 bèijǐ |
Fingers: 手指 shǒuzhǐ |
Feet: 腳 jiǎo |
Hair: 頭髮 tóufà |
| Hand: 手 shǒu |
Heart: 心 xīn |
Leg: 腳 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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