Body Parts in Chinese – From Head to Toe

Learn all the Body Parts in Chinese

Identifying and naming correctly the parts of the body in Mandarin can come in handy when seeing the doctor, playing sports, going clothes shopping, and more.

Let’s learn how to talk about body parts in Chinese.

First, let’s learn the different general areas of the body, and then, let’s go into detail.

General Body Parts

Head and Face

Upper Body

Hands

Internal Organs

Lower Body

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Body Parts in Chinese – General Body 身体 (shēntǐ)

The whole body in Chinese is called 身体 (shēntǐ), but what about the single parts of it?

Let’s make a few example sentences using these words for you also:

• Your muscles are very big
  • 你的肌肉很大
  • Nǐ de jīròu hěn dà

• You have beautiful hair
  • 你的头发很漂亮
  • Nǐ de tóufǎ hěn piàoliang

• My body is much stronger these days
  • 这些天我的身体更强壮
  • Zhèxiē tiān wǒ de shēntǐ gèng qiángzhuàng

Body Parts in Chinese – Head and face – 头脸 (tóuliǎn)

Let’s start with the top. Here is some useful vocabulary for talking about the head and the face…

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• 头 tóu – head
• 脸 liǎn – face
• 眼睛 yǎnjīng – eye
• 鼻子 bízi – nose
• 鼻孔 bíkǒng – nostrils
• 耳朵 ěrduǒ – ear
• 嘴 zuǐ – mouth
• 牙齿 yáchǐ – tooth/teeth
• 舌 shé – tongue
• 脸颊 liǎnjiá – cheek
• 额头 é’tóu – forehead
• 眉毛 méimáo – eyebrows
• 眼皮 yǎnpí – eyelid
• 睫毛 jiémáo – eyelashes
• 唇 chún – lips
• 下巴 xiàba – chin
• 舌 shé – tongue

Here are some example sentences for you with some of those facial features.

Body Parts in Chinese – Upper Body 上半身 (shàngbànshēn)

Now let’s talk about the upper body parts in Chinese: here below you’ll find a list of words that compose the trunk:

Now for some potentially useful sentences involving those body parts in Chinese!

• My back hurts
  • 我背痛
  • Wǒ bèi tòng

• We have 4 fingers and 1 thumb on each hand
  • 我们每只手上有4个手指和1个拇指
  • Wǒmen měi zhī shǒu shàng yǒu 4 gè shǒuzhǐ hé 1 gè mǔzhǐ

• After exercising, my chest is getting bigger
  • 运动后我的胸部越来越大
  • Yùndòng hòu wǒ de xiōngbù yuè lái yuè dà

Body Parts in Chinese – Hands 手 (shǒu)

Hands play an important function in body language and sign language, so let’s be more specific and learn this wordlist of the parts of a hand:

Keeping in theme, let’s add some context to these words by adding in some sentences you might find useful:

• My fingernails are so long
  • 我的指甲好长
  • Wǒ de zhǐjiǎ hǎo zhǎng

• Using your middle finger is rude
  • 用中指是不礼貌的
  • Yòng zhōngzhǐ shì bù lǐmào de

• Why is the ring not on your ring finger?
  • 为什么无名指上没有戒指？
  • Wèishéme wúmíngzhǐ shàng méiyǒu jièzhǐ?

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Body Parts in Chinese – Internal organs – 脏腑 (zàngfǔ)

Imagine seeing a doctor in China and not knowing the words of the internal organs.

Not so easy to get your point across without the usage of body language!

The list of vocabulary below might come handy in these kind of situations:

• 脑 (nǎo) – brain
• 心脏 (xīn zàng) – heart
• 肝 (gān) – liver
• 肺 (fèi) – lungs
• 胃 (wèi) – stomach
• 大肠 (dà cháng) – large intestine
• 小肠 (xiǎo cháng) – small intestine
• 胆囊 (dǎnnáng) – gallbladder
• 膀胱 (pángguāng) – bladder
• 尿道 (niàodào) – urethra
• 脾 (pí) – spleen
• 生殖器 (shēngzhíqì) – reproductive organs

… and some sentences with those words in action

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Body Parts in Chinese – Lower Body 下半身 (xiàbànshēn)

Finally, let’s work our way down through the lower body parts in Chinese:

And finally, some sentences to match:

• He has very long legs
  • 他的腿很长
  • Tā de tuǐ hěn zhǎng

• I broke my ankle playing football
  • 我踢足球时摔断了脚踝
  • Wǒ tī zúqiú shí shuāi duànle jiǎohuái

• My feet do not fit into these shoes
  • 我的脚不适合这双鞋
  • Wǒ de jiǎo bù shìhé zhè shuāng xié

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