隔靴搔癢

Chinese

		to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off	boots	to scratch an itch; to tickle
trad. (隔靴搔癢)		隔	靴	搔癢
simp. (隔靴搔痒)		隔	靴	搔痒
Literally: “to scratch an itch from outside one's boot”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): géxuēsāoyǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄒㄩㄝ ㄙㄠ ㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ hoe¹ sou¹ joeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: géxuēsāoyǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄒㄩㄝ ㄙㄠ ㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gésyuesaoyǎng
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-hsüeh¹-sao¹-yang³
    • Yale: gé-sywē-sāu-yǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gershiuesauyeang
    • Palladius: гэсюэсаоян (gɛsjuesaojan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ hoe¹ sou¹ joeng⁵
    • Yale: gaak hēu sōu yéuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ hoe¹ sou¹ joeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ hê¹ sou¹ yêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ hœː⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

隔靴搔癢

1. to attempt an ineffective solution