Body Parts in Chinese 身体部位

Body words do double duty in Chinese: they describe people, but they also build the everyday health talk — 头疼 is literally "head hurts", and 发烧 means running a fever. This list names the body from 头 to 脚, then adds the common symptoms and the places and people who fix them.

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• 身体shēn tǐ
  body; health
  他的身体很好。

  He is in good health.
• 头tóu
  head
  汤姆的头怎么了？

  What happened to Tom's head?
• 头发tóu fa
  hair (on the head)
  梳理你的头发。

  Comb your hair.
• 脸liǎn
  face
  我只是个大众脸。

  I'm just another man.
• 眼睛yǎn jing
  eye
  闭上你的眼睛。

  Close your eyes.
• 眉毛méi mao
  eyebrow
  我讨厌我的眉毛。

  I hate my eyebrows.
• 睫毛jié máo
  eyelash
  小林的眉毛长得浓，眼睛又大，睫毛很长。

  Xiaolin's eyebrows are thick, his eyes are big, and his eyelashes are long.
• 耳朵ěr duo
  ear
  我在他耳朵上狠狠打了一拳。

  I gave him a good box on the ear.
• 鼻子bí zi
  nose
  只是我的鼻子很痒，不停流鼻涕。

  It’s just that my nose feels itchy and it keeps running.
• 嘴zuǐ
  mouth
  我的嘴裂开了。

  I have chapped lips.
• 牙齿yá chǐ
  tooth; teeth
  我要治疗这颗牙齿。

  I want to have the tooth treated.
• 舌头shé tou
  tongue
  靠！我咬到自己舌头了。

  Ouch! I bit my tongue.
• 脖子bó zi
  neck
  把围巾围在你的脖子上。

  Wrap a scarf round your neck.
• 肩膀jiān bǎng
  shoulder
  她感到了有人拍她的肩膀。

  She felt someone tap her on the shoulder.
• 胳膊gē bo
  arm
  他抓住了我的胳膊。

  He seized me by the arm.
• 手shǒu
  hand
  我的手烧伤了。

  My hand was burned.
• 手指shǒu zhǐ
  finger
  不能用手指人。

  Don't point at others.
• 背bèi
  back (of the body)
  他背疼，不能弯腰。

  He has back pain, he can't bend over.
• 肚子dù zi
  belly; stomach
  我能空着肚子跑吗？

  Do you think I can run on an empty stomach?
• 腿tuǐ
  leg
  不要拉我的腿！

  Don't pull my leg!
• 膝盖xī gài
  knee
  玛丽处理了膝盖的伤口。

  Mary treated her wounded knee.
• 脚jiǎo
  foot; feet
  医生在检查脚。

  The doctor is examining the foot.
• 心脏xīn zàng
  heart (the organ)
  农民是国家的心脏。

  Farmers are the heart of a country.
• 健康jiàn kāng
  health; healthy
  吸烟有害健康。

  Smoking affects your health.
• 舒服shū fu
  comfortable; to feel well
  我感觉很舒服。

  I felt comfortable.
• 感冒gǎn mào
  to catch a cold; cold (illness)
  只是感冒而已。

  It's just a cold.
• 头疼tóu téng
  headache; to have a headache
  甜食使我头疼。

  Sweets give me headaches.
• 咳嗽ké sou
  to cough; cough
  汤姆又在咳嗽了。

  Tom is coughing again.
• 发烧fā shāo
  to have a fever; fever
  汤姆没有发烧。

  Tom doesn't have a fever.
• 生病shēng bìng
  to fall ill; to be sick
  我昨天生病了。

  I was ill yesterday.
• 药yào
  medicine; drug
  那药不会管用。

  That medicine isn't going to help.
• 医院yī yuàn
  hospital
  那是一家医院。

  That's a hospital.
• 医生yī shēng
  doctor
  他是不是医生？

  Is he a doctor?
• 护士hù shi
  nurse
  他的母亲是个护士 。

  His mother is a nurse.