Chinese vocabulary · 31 words
Body Parts in Chinese
The body words to learn first, each with pinyin, meaning and sound.
- 身体shēntǐbody
- 头tóuhead
- 头发tóufahair (on the head)
- 脸liǎnface
- 眼睛yǎnjingeye
- 耳朵ěrduoear
- 鼻子bízinose
- 嘴zuǐmouth
- 牙yátooth
- 舌头shétoutongue
- 脖子bózineck
- 肩膀jiānbǎngshoulder
- 胳膊gēboarm
- 手shǒuhand
- 手指shǒuzhǐfinger
- 指甲zhǐjiafingernail
- 胸xiōngchest
- 背bèiback (of the body)
- 肚子dùzibelly
- 腰yāowaist
- 屁股pìgubuttocks
- 腿tuǐleg
- 膝盖xīgàiknee
- 脚jiǎofoot
- 皮肤pífūskin
- 眉毛méimaoeyebrow
- 胡子húzibeard
- 嗓子sǎngzithroat
- 心xīnheart
- 骨头gǔtoubone
- 血xuèblood
How do you say body in Chinese?
身体 (shēntǐ). The most common body words are 头 (tóu, head), 头发 (tóufa, hair (on the head)), 脸 (liǎn, face).
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