劌痧

Chinese

		cut; injure	cholera
trad. (劌痧)		劌	痧
simp. (刿痧)		刿	痧

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kuih-se / kuih-soa / koeh-soa

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuih-se
    • Tâi-lô: kuih-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuihsef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui(ʔ)⁵ se³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuih-soa
    • Tâi-lô: kuih-sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuihsoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sua⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koeh-soa
    • Tâi-lô: kueh-sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koehsoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sua⁴⁴/

Verb

劌痧

1. (Mainland China Hokkien, traditional Chinese medicine) to practise gua sha, a treatment involving repeated pressured strokes over lubricated skin with a smooth edge in order to release blood stasis

Synonyms

• 刮痧 (guāshā)
• (Hokkien) 剾痧／𠛅痧, 掠痧