瘙癢

Chinese

		itch	itch
trad. (瘙癢/瘙痒)		瘙	癢/痒
simp. (瘙痒)		瘙	痒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàoyǎng, sāoyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠˋ ㄧㄤˇ, ㄙㄠ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³ joeng⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sao¹ iang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sàoyǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠˋ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sàoyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: sao⁴-yang³
    • Yale: sàu-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sawyeang
    • Palladius: саоян (saojan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāoyǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: saoyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: sao¹-yang³
    • Yale: sāu-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sauyeang
    • Palladius: саоян (saojan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³ joeng⁵
    • Yale: sou yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³ jœːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sao¹ iang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sau iăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sau³³⁻²³ iaŋ³⁵/

Verb

瘙癢

1. to itch; to feel itchy
2. (archaic) to scratch an itch

Synonyms

• (to scratch an itch): 抓癢／抓痒 (zhuāyǎng), 搔癢／搔痒 (sāoyǎng); (Cantonese) 𢯎痕; (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou) 扒癢／扒痒