| Taishanese | IPA | Cantonese | Mandarin | English | |
| 洗面 | ♫ | ɬai55 mein32 | 洗面 | 洗脸 | to wash face |
| 洗手 | ♫ | ɬai55 siu55 | 洗手 | 洗手 | to wash hands |
| 面盆 | ♫ | mein32 pun21 | 面盆 | 脸盆 | wash basin |
| 面盆架 | ♫ | mein32 pun21 ga21 | 面盆架 | 脸盆架 | stand for wash basin |
| 冲凉 | ♫ | tsəŋ33 liaŋ22 | 冲凉 | 洗澡 | to take a bath/shower |
| 洗身 | ♫ | ɬai55 sin33(5) | 冲凉 | 洗澡 | to take a bath/shower |
| 冲凉盆 | ♫ | tsəŋ33 liaŋ22 pun21 | 冲凉盆 | 浴盆 | bathing basin |
| 冲凉缸 | ♫ | tsəŋ33 liaŋ22 gɔŋ33 | 冲凉缸 | 浴盆 | bathtub |
| 洗脚 | ♫ | ɬai55 giak33 | 洗脚 | 洗脚 | to wash one's feet |
| 洗脚盆 | ♫ | ɬai55 giak33 pun21 | 洗脚盆 | 脚盆 | basin for the feet |
| 洗头 | ♫ | ɬai55 həu22 | 洗头 | 洗头 | to wash one's hair |
| 茶仔 | ♫ | tsa22 dɔi55 | 茶仔 | 茶籽 | tea-seed (used to clean hair before the advent of soap/shampoo) |
| 番枧 | ♫ | fan33 gan55 | 番枧 | 肥皂 | soap |
| 洗头水 | ♫ | ɬai55 həu22 sui55 | 洗头水 | 洗发水 | shampoo |
| 手巾 | ♫ | siu55 gin33 | 手巾 | 毛巾 | wash towel |
| 手巾仔 | ♫ | siu55 gin33 dɔi55 | 手巾仔 | 手帕 | handkerchief |
| 冲凉巾 | ♫ | tsəŋ33 liaŋ22 gin33 | 冲凉巾 | 毛巾 | bath towel |
| 牙刷 | ♫ | ŋa22 tsat215 | 牙刷 | 牙刷 | toothbrush |
| 牙膏 | ♫ | ŋa22 gɔu33 | 牙膏 | 牙膏 | toothpastes |
| 刷牙 | ♫ | tsat33 ŋa22 | 刷牙 | 刷牙 | to brush teeth |
| 牙针 | ♫ | ŋa22 dzim21 | 牙签 | 牙签 | toothpick |
| 牙签 | ♫ | ŋa22 tiam21 | 牙签 | 牙签 | toothpick |
| 撩牙 | ♫ | liau55 ŋa22 | 撩牙 | 剔牙 | to pick teeth |
| ?口 | ♫ | nɔŋ55/tsɔk33 həu55 | ?口 | 嗽口 | to rinse one's mouth |
| ?口盅 | ♫ | nɔŋ55 həu55 dzəŋ215 | ?口盅 | 嗽口盅 | mouth rinse cup |
| 痰壶 | ♫ | ham22 vu225 | 痰罐 | 痰盂 | spittoon |
| 草纸 | ♫ | tɔu55 dzi55 | 草纸 | 草纸 | toilet paper |
| 卫生纸 | ♫ | vi32 saŋ33 dzi55 | 卫生纸 | 卫生纸 | toilet paper roll |
| 缴臀 | ♫ | giau55 hun22 | 抹屁股 | 揩屁股 | to wipe one's bottom |
| 打扮 | ♫ | a55 ban32 | 打扮 | 打扮 | to make u |
| 梳 | ♫ | sɔ335 | 梳 | 梳字 | comb |
| 梳篦 | ♫ | sɔ33 bi325 | 篦 | 篦子 | fine-tooth comb |
| 梳头 | ♫ | sɔ33 həu22 | 梳头 | 梳头 | to comb one's hair |
| 髻 | ♫ | gai21 | 髻 | 髻 | topknot; hair worn in a bun/coil |
| 梳髻 | ♫ | sɔ33 gai21 | 梳髻 | 梳髻 | to make a hair bun |
| 辫 | ♫ | bin215 | 辫 | 辫子 | pigtail |
| 梳/扎辫 | ♫ | sɔ33/dzak33 bin215 | 梳辫 | 编辫子 | to plait one's hair |
| 剪毛 | ♫ | dein55 mɔu22 | 飞发 | 剪头发 | haircut; to have a haircut |
| 剃/刮头 | ♫ | hai33/gak33 həu22 | 剃头 | 剃头 | to shave one's head |
| 刮鬚 | ♫ | gak33 ɬu33 | 剃鬚 | 刮胡子 | to shave beard |
| 粉 | ♫ | fun55 | 粉 | 粉 | face powder |
| 搽粉 | ♫ | tsa22 fun55 | 搽粉 | 涂粉 | to powder the face |
| 胭脂 | ♫ | yian33 dzi33 | 胭脂 | 胭脂 | pigtail |
| 搽胭脂 | ♫ | tsa22 yian33 dzi33 | 搽胭脂 | 涂胭脂 | to put on rouge |
| 唇膏 | ♫ | sun22 gɔu33 | 唇膏 | 口红 | lipsticks |
| 画眉 | ♫ | vak32 mi22 | 画眉 | 画眉 | to paint one's eyebrows |
| 剪手甲 | ♫ | dein55 siu55 gap21 | 剪指甲 | 剪指甲 | to clip one's nails |