搔癢

See also: 掻癢

Chinese

		disturb; to scratch	itch
trad. (搔癢)		搔	癢
simp. (搔痒)		搔	痒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāoyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹ joeng⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so-chiūⁿ / so-chiǔⁿ / so-chiōⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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: sou¹ joeng⁵
    • Yale: sōu yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-chiūⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: so-tsiūnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soicviu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /so⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siũ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /so⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siũ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siũ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-chiǔⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: so-tsiǔnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³ t͡siũ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-chiōⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: so-tsiōnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soicvioi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /so⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɔ̃²²/

Verb

搔癢

1. to scratch an itch
2. to tickle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 搔癢 (“to scratch an itch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
搔	癢
そう Hyōgai	よう Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 搔癢 – see the following entry.

【掻痒そうよう】 [noun] scratching an itch Alternative spelling 掻癢

(This term, 搔癢, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (掻癢) of the above term.)