Cantonese Nouns
Learning the Cantonese Nouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Cantonese language. But first we need to know what the role of Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Cantonese.
Cantonese nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Cantonese Nouns |
| nouns | 名詞 |
| my car | 我的車 |
| green car | 綠色的車 |
| three cars | 三輛車 |
| car garage | 車房 |
| outside the car | 車的外面 |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Cantonese has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Yue.
List of Nouns in Cantonese
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Cantonese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Cantonese vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Cantonese Nouns |
| arm | 手臂 |
| back | 背脊 |
| cheeks | 面頰 |
| chest | 胸部 |
| chin | 下巴 |
| ear | 耳朵 |
| elbow | 手肘 |
| eye | 眼睛 |
| face | 臉 |
| finger | 手指 |
| fingers | 手指 |
| foot | 腳 |
| hair | 頭髮 |
| hand | 手 |
| head | 頭 |
| heart | 心 |
| knee | 膝 |
| leg | 腳 |
| lip | 唇 |
| mouth | 口 |
| neck | 頸 |
| nose | 鼻 |
| shoulder | 膊頭 |
| stomach | 胃 |
| teeth | 牙 |
| thigh | 大腿 |
| throat | 口嚨 |
| thumb | 姆指 |
| toe | 腳趾 |
| tongue | 脷 |
| tooth | 牙 |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Cantonese, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Yue Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Cantonese lessons here: Learn Cantonese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.