抓癢
Chinese
to grab; to catch; to arrest to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch |
itch | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (抓癢) | 抓 | 癢 | |
| simp. (抓痒) | 抓 | 痒 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zhuāyǎng
- Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄚ ㄧㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jhuayǎng
- Wade–Giles: chua1-yang3
- Yale: jwā-yǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juayeang
- Palladius: чжуаян (čžuajan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ä⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zaau2 joeng5
- Yale: jáau yéuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau2 joeng5
- Guangdong Romanization: zao2 yêng5
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saːu̯³⁵ jœːŋ¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiàu-chiūⁿ
- Tâi-lô: jiàu-tsiūnn
- Phofsit Daibuun: jiaocviu
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siũ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Verb
抓癢
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 搔癢 (“to scratch an itch”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 搔癢, 撓癢, 抓癢 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 撓癢癢, 擓癢癢 |
| Taiwan | 抓癢, 搔癢 | |
| Harbin | 擓癢癢兒 | |
| Malaysia | 扒癢 | |
| Singapore | 抓癢 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 擓癢癢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 撓癢, 摳咬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 摳癢, 摳咬 |
| Wuhan | 摳癢 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 抓癢 |
| Hefei | 抓癢 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 𢯎痕 |
| Hong Kong | 𢯎痕 | |
| Taishan | 搲痎 | |
| Yangjiang | 憂癢 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 扡癢, 爪癢, 撓癢 |
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 扡痎 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 爪癢 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 爪癢 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 爪癢 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 爪癢 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 爪癢 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 爪癢 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 抓癢癢, 撓癢癢 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 扒咬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 扒癢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扒癢 |
| Quanzhou | 扒癢 | |
| Zhangzhou | 扒癢 | |
| Tainan | 扒癢 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 扒癢 | |
| Chaozhou | 扒癢 | |
| Shantou | 扒癢 | |
| Jieyang | 扒癢, 拞癢 | |
| Puning | 嬈癢, 扒癢 | |
| Leizhou | 扒癢 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 𢯎痕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搔癢 |
| Suzhou | 搔癢 | |
| Wenzhou | 扒扒癢 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 摳癢 |
Noun
抓癢
- (Wuhan Mandarin) tool for scratching an itch