胳肢

Chinese

		armpit	limb
trad. (胳肢)		胳	肢
simp. #(胳肢)		胳	肢
alternative forms		膈肢 隔肢

Etymology

Compare Manchu ᡤᡝᠵᡳᡥᡝᡧᡝᠮᠪᡳ (gejihešembi, “to tickle”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gézhi, gēzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ˙ㄓ, ㄍㄜ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gézhi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ˙ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: géjhi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-chih⁵
    • Yale: gé-jr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger.jy
    • Palladius: гэчжи (gɛčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gejhih
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-chih¹
    • Yale: gē-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gejy
    • Palladius: гэчжи (gɛčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ zi¹
    • Yale: gaak jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Verb

胳肢

1. (colloquial) to tickle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 胳肢 (“to tickle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	胳肢
	Chengde	胳肢
	Chifeng	胳肢
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	胳肢
	Heihe	胳肢
	Qiqihar	胳揪
	Harbin	胳肢, 胳肌, 胳揪, 鬧癢癢
	Jiamusi	胳肢, 胳揪
	Baicheng	胳肢
	Changchun	胳肢
	Tonghua	胳肢
	Shenyang	胳肢
	Jinzhou	胳肢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	胳肢
	Tangshan	胳肢
	Cangzhou	胳肢
	Baoding	胳肢
	Shijiazhuang	胳肢
	Lijin	胳肢
	Jinan	胳肢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	胳揪
	Dandong	胳肢
	Yantai	胳肘
	Qingdao	胳肘
	Zhucheng	胳肘
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	胳摟
	Jining	胳肢
	Shangqiu	胳肢
	Yuanyang	胳肢
	Zhengzhou	胳肢
	Xinyang	胳肢
	Baihe	胳摟
	Xi'an	胳摟, 搔癢癢
	Baoji	胳逗
	Xining	牙癢, 撓胳肢窪
	Xuzhou	胳肢
	Fuyang	胳肢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	胳肢
	Lanzhou	胳肢
	Dunhuang	胳摟
	Hami	胳摟
	Ürümqi	摳癢癢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	哈肢胳兒, 哈肢胳, 哈
	Nanchong	摳癢
	Dazhou	胳肢, 哈肢兒
	Hanyuan	哈癢, 哈肢胳兒
	Xichang	哈肢胳兒, 哈胳肢
	Zigong	哈肢胳兒
	Chongqing	哈肢胳兒
	Wuhan	哈癢, 哈
	Yichang	胳肢, 哈癢
	Xiangyang	胳肢, 哈肘
	Tianmen	哈癢, 摳癢
	Guiyang	哈癢, 哈肢肢
	Zunyi	哈肢兒, 哈肢肢兒
	Bijie	哈肢肢
	Liping	哈癢
	Zhaotong	胳肢, 哈癢
	Dali	胳肢
	Kunming	胳肢, 哈癢, 哈
	Mengzi	哈癢
	Liuzhou	胳肢, 夾唧
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	哈癢
	Yangzhou	胳肢
	Lianyungang	胳肢
	Lianshui	胳肢
	Anqing	哈癢
	Wuhu	哈癢
	Hefei	哈癢
	Hong'an	哈癢, 哈個肢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	擳
	Hong Kong	擳
	Macau	擳
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	擳
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	擳
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	擳
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	擳
	Foshan	擳
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	擳
	Foshan (Shunde)	擳
	Foshan (Sanshui)	擳
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	擳
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	擳
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	擳
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	擳
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	擳
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	擳
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	擳
	Taishan	擳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	結
	Enping (Niujiang)	結
	Dongguan	擳
	Nanning	擳
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	擳
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	捻, 擳
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	捻
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	煙支骨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	捻
Huizhou	Jixi	呵癢
	Shexian	哈肢, 哈癢
Jin	Yangyuan	胳, 撓癢
	Datong	胳肋
	Xinzhou	圪理
	Pingshan	胳雷
	Handan	胳肢, 哈麻癢
	Linzhou	胳肢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	呵胳肢
Southern Min	Xiamen	擽
	Quanzhou	擽
	Zhangzhou	擽, 蕪豬, 擽豬
	Tainan	擽, 擽豬
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	擳
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	擳
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	擳
Wu	Shanghai	呵癢欠欠
	Hangzhou	呵癢
	Ningbo	呵癢趣趣

Derived terms

• 胳肢窩 / 胳肢窝 (gāzhiwō)