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

  (Pinyin): zhuāyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄚ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau² joeng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jiàu-chiūⁿ

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• 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⁾/
• 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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiàu-chiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: jiàu-tsiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiaocviu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡ziau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siũ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡ziau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siũ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siũ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡ziau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siũ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siũ³³/

Verb

抓癢

1. to scratch an itch

Synonyms

• 搔癢／搔痒 (sāoyǎng)
• 瘙癢／瘙痒 (sàoyǎng)
• (Cantonese) 𢯎痕
• (Min Nan) 扒癢／扒痒