癢抓子

Chinese

		itch	to grab; to catch; to arrest to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (癢抓子)		癢	抓	子
simp. (痒抓子)		痒	抓	子

Pronunciation

• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ian³ jya¹ zr

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• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ian³ jya¹ zr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i̯æn⁴¹ t͡ɕy̯a̠³³ t͡sz̩³/

Noun

癢抓子

1. (Xiang) tool for scratching an itch

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不求人 (“backscratcher”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不求人
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	老頭兒樂, 癢癢撓兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	不求人
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	癢抓, 抓癢, 癢癢撓兒 in some places, 抓子 in some places
	Liuzhou	抓癢耙, 不求人, 癢耙, 癢癢撓 in some subdialects
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老人樂, 不求人, 撓癢筢
	Yangzhou	抓癢耙子, 不求人 uncommon
Cantonese	Dongguan	不求人
Southern Min	Taipei	不求人, 抓耙仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	不求人, 抓耙仔
	Kaohsiung	不求人, 尻脊扒仔
	Yilan	不求人, 扒仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	抓耙仔
	Taichung	抓耙仔
	Tainan	扒癢的
	Hsinchu	扒仔
	Kinmen	抓尻脊彼枝
	Penghu (Magong)	竹桮
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	不求人
Wu	Shanghai	搔手, 勿求人
	Ningbo	搔癢棒, 𢪂癢棒
	Wenzhou	不求人
Xiang	Changsha	癢抓子