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- Lucas: Alright, Luna, ready for a new episode of Learn Cantonese with Fexingo? Luna: Totally! What are we learning today? Lucas: Today we're going to learn the Cantonese words for body parts on the head and face. Things like head, eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and face. Luna: Oh, that's useful! I always mix up those words. Lucas: Don't worry, we'll practice a lot. First up: head. In Cantonese, head is 頭. Say it after me: 頭. Luna: 頭. Lucas: Great. 頭. Now, face is 面. 面. Luna: 面. Lucas: Perfect. Next, eye is 眼. 眼. Luna: 眼. Lucas: Nose is 鼻. 鼻. Luna: 鼻. Lucas: Mouth is 嘴. 嘴. Luna: 嘴. Lucas: And ear is 耳. 耳. Luna: 耳. Lucas: Alright, let's do a quick review. Repeat after me: 頭, 眼, 鼻, 嘴, 耳, 面. Luna: 頭, 眼, 鼻, 嘴, 耳, 面. Lucas: Awesome. Now let's try using them in a sentence. I have a headache. 我頭痛. Luna: 我頭痛. Lucas: Yes. 頭痛 means headache. So 頭 is head, 痛 is pain. Now, if you want to say your eyes hurt: 我眼痛. Luna: 我眼痛. Lucas: Exactly. What about ear pain? 我耳痛. Luna: 我耳痛. Lucas: Good. Now let's do a little game. I'll point to a part of my face, and you say it in Cantonese. Luna: Okay! Lucas: Points to nose. Luna: 鼻. Lucas: Points to ear. Luna: 耳. Lucas: Points to mouth. Luna: 嘴. Lucas: Points to eye. Luna: 眼. Lucas: Points to face. Luna: 面. Lucas: You nailed it! Let's do one more: 頭. Luna: 頭. Lucas: Perfect. Now, let's try to make a sentence about your own face. For example, my eyes are big: 我對眼好大. Luna: 我對眼好大. Lucas: Careful, 對 is a measure word for eyes. But for now, just focus on the body parts. You can say 我眼好大 too. Luna: 我眼好大. Lucas: Great. And if your nose is small: 我鼻好細. Luna: 我鼻好細. Lucas: Excellent. Now, let's review all six words one more time. Repeat: 頭, 眼, 鼻, 嘴, 耳, 面. Luna: 頭, 眼, 鼻, 嘴, 耳, 面. Lucas: You've got it. You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Cantonese, consider supporting us. It keeps the show ad-free and helps us make more episodes like this. Luna: Yeah, every little bit helps. You can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: Exactly. Now, let's do a quick final drill. I'll say the English, you say the Cantonese. Head. Luna: 頭. Lucas: Eye. Luna: 眼. Lucas: Nose. Luna: 鼻. Lucas: Mouth. Luna: 嘴. Lucas: Ear. Luna: 耳. Lucas: Face. Luna: 面. Lucas: Fantastic. That's all for today. Practice these words, and next time we'll learn more body parts. Happy learning! Luna: Thanks, Lucas! See you next time.