揉搓

Chinese

		knead; massage; rub	to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist
trad. (揉搓)		揉	搓
simp. #(揉搓)		揉	搓
anagram		搓揉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róucuō

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄘㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ co¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róucuō → róucuo (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄘㄨㄛ → ㄖㄡˊ ˙ㄘㄨㄛ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róucuo̊
    • Wade–Giles: jou²-tsʻo⁵
    • Yale: róu-tswo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rou.tsuo
    • Palladius: жоуцо (žouco)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵/ → /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ co¹
    • Yale: yàuh chō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tso¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ co¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/

Verb

揉搓

1. to rub and knead with the hands
2. (dialectal) to torment; to bother; to torture

Synonyms

• (to rub and knead): 搓揉 (cuōróu)
• (to torment):

• 折磨 (zhémó)
• 折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
• 揉磨 (róumó) (dialectal)
• 擺治／摆治 (bǎizhì) (regional)
• 煎熬 (jiān'áo) (figurative)
• 熬煎 (áojiān)