| Taishanese | IPA | Cantonese | Mandarin | English | |
| 命 | ♫ | miaŋ32 | 命 | 命 | life |
| 一世 | ♫ | yit55 sai33 | 一世 | 一生 | the whole life; one's life |
| 投胎 | ♫ | həu22 hɔi33 | 投胎 | 投胎 | reincarnation; to reincarnate |
| 出世 | ♫ | tsut55 sai21 | 出世 | 出生 | to be born; birth |
| 还生 | ♫ | van21 saŋ33 | 仲生 | 还活着 | to be alive still |
| 养大仔女 | ♫ | yaŋ33 ai32 dɔi55 nui55 | 养大仔女 | 养孩子 | to raise children; raising children |
| 哄仔 | ♫ | gəŋ32 dɔi55 | 看仔 | 看管孩子 | to watch children; watching children |
| 细个 | ♫ | ɬai33 gɔi335 | 细 | 小 | young; small |
| 大 | ♫ | ai32 | 大 | 长大 | to grow |
| 大个 | ♫ | ai32 gɔi33 | 大个 | 大了 | to be grown up |
| 老 | ♫ | lɔu55 | 老 | 老 | to get old; old |
| ? | ♫ | gəu33 | 累 | 疲倦 | tired |
| 唞气 | ♫ | həu55 hi33 | 唞啖气 | 休息 | to rest |
| 瞓 | ♫ | fun33 | 瞓 | 睡 | to sleep |
| 瞓晏晝 | ♫ | fun33 an33 dziu215 | 瞓晏晝 | 睡午觉 | to take an afternoon nap |
| 发梦 | ♫ | fat33 məŋ32 | 发梦 | 做梦 | to dream |
| 发开口梦 | ♫ | fat33 hɔi33 həu55 məŋ32 | 发开口梦 | 说梦话 | to talk in one's sleep |
| 梦游 | ♫ | məŋ32 yiu22 | 梦游 | 梦游 | to sleepwalk |
| 噩梦 | ♫ | ɔk55 məŋ32 | 噩梦 | 梦魇 | nightmare |
| 解梦 | ♫ | gai55 məŋ32 | 解梦 | 解梦 | to interprete a dream |
| 相别 | ♫ | ɬiaŋ33 bɛt32 | 相别 | 离别 | to part ways |
| 死 | ♫ | ɬi55 | 死 | 死 | to die |
| 过后 | ♫ | gɔ33 həu32 | 过身 | 去世 | to pass away |
| 死翻生 | ♫ | ɬi55 fan33 saŋ33 | 回光返照 | 回光返照 | the transient reviving before dying |
| 吊颈 | ♫ | iao33 giaŋ55 | 吊颈 | 上吊 | to hang oneself |
| 唔养得成器 | ♫ | m22 yiaŋ33 ak33 siaŋ22 hi33 | 夭折 | 夭折 | to die young |
| 岁 | ♫ | ɬui33 | 岁 | 岁 | year old |
| 拼死命 | ♫ | pɔn33 ɬi55 miaŋ325 | 搏命 | 拼命 | to risk one's life |
| 醒 | ♫ | ɬiaŋ55 | 醒 | 醒 | to wake up |
| 一遛瞓到皓 | ♫ | yit55 liu32 fun33 ɔu33 hɔu32 | 一直睡到天亮 | to sleep soundly through the night | |
| 病 | ♫ | biaŋ32 | 病 | 病 | sick; sickness; to become sick |
| 有病 | ♫ | yiu33 biaŋ32 | 有病 | 有病 | to be sick |
| 大病 | ♫ | ai32 biaŋ32 | 大病 | 重病 | serious illness |
| 惹过人/传染 | ♫ | ŋia33 gɔ33 ŋin22/tun22 ŋiam21 | 惹人/传染 | 传染 | to comb one's hair |
| 唔/冇几自然 | ♫ | mu22/mɔu33 gi55 du32 ŋein22(5) | 唔舒服 | 不舒服 | do not feel well |
| ? | ♫ | tiak33 | 痛 | 痛 | painful |
| ? | ♫ | laŋ22 | 呻吟 | to groan, to moan | |
| 好返 | ♫ | hɔu55 fan33 | 好返 | 病好 | to get well |
| 头? | ♫ | həu22 tiak33 | 头赤/头痛 | 头痛 | headache; to have headache |
| 头晕 | ♫ | həu22 fun22 | 头晕 | 头晕 | to feel dizzy |
| 眼花 | ♫ | ŋan55 fa33 | 眼花 | 眼花 | to have blurred vision |
| 发鸡盲 | ♫ | fat33 gai33 maŋ22 | 发鸡盲 | 夜盲眼 | night blind; to have night blind |
| 老花眼 | ♫ | lau55 fa33 ŋan55 | 老花眼 | 老花眼 | presbyopia |
| 沙眼 | ♫ | sa33/sa21 ŋan55 | 沙眼 | 沙眼 | trachoma |
| 耳聋 | ♫ | ŋi55 ləŋ33 | 耳聋 | 耳聋 | deaf |
| 打乞嗤 | ♫ | a55 hat55 tsi32 | 打乞嗤 | 打喷嚏 | to sneeze |
| 鼻塞/塞鼻 | ♫ | bi32 ɬak55/ɬak55 bi325 | 鼻塞 | 鼻塞 | to have a stuffy nose; having a stuffy nose |
| 脱牙 | ♫ | hɔt33 ŋa22 | 掹牙 | 拔牙 | to remove teeth |
| 虫蛀牙 | ♫ | tsəŋ22 dzi33 ŋa225 | 蛀牙 | 蛀牙 | to remove teeth |
| 塞噎 | ♫ | ɬak55 it55 | 嗝气 | 打嗝 | to burp, to hiccough |
| 呕 | ♫ | ɬiaŋ55 əu55 | 呕 | 呕吐 | to vomit |
| 想呕 | ♫ | ɬiaŋ55 əu55 | 想呕 | 呕心 | nauseous |
| 肿颈 | ♫ | dzəŋ55 giaŋ55 | 生痄腮 | 害痄腮 | mumps |
| 涩声 | ♫ | sip55 siaŋ33 | 喉沙 | 嗓子哑 | hoarse |
| 心? | ♫ | ɬim33 dat33 | 心跳 | 心跳 | palpitating heart |
| 心脏病 | ♫ | ɬim33 dzɔŋ32 biaŋŋ32 | 心脏病 | 心脏病 | heart disease |
| 滯 | ♫ | ɬim33 dzɔŋ32 biaŋŋ32 | 滯 | 消化不良 | indigestion |
| 扭招条腰 | niu55 diau21 hiau22 yiau33 | 扭嚫条腰 | 闪了腰 | to strain one's back | |
| 肚赤 | ♫ | u55 tiak33 | 肚痛 | 肚子痛 | to strain one's back |
| 唔好肚 | ♫ | m22 hau55 u55 | 肚屙 | 拉肚子 | 肚屙 |
| 抽筋 | ♫ | tsəu33 gin33 | 抽筋 | 抽筋 | to have cramps |