爪癢

Chinese

		claw	itch
trad. (爪癢)		爪	癢
simp. (爪痒)		爪	痒
alternative forms		搔癢／搔痒

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): cháu-yông

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zau³ yong¹

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cháu-yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: zau` iong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zau<sup>3</sup> yong<sup>1</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sau̯³¹ i̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cháu-yông
    • Hakka Romanization System: zau` (r)iong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zau³ yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sau̯³¹ (j)i̯oŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zau³ yong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sau³¹ iɔŋ⁴⁴/

Verb

爪癢

1. (Hakka) to scratch an itch

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
Mandarin	Beijing	撓癢癢, 擓癢癢
	Taiwan	抓癢, 搔癢
	Harbin	擓癢癢兒
	Jinan	擓癢癢
	Xi'an	撓癢, 摳咬
	Wuhan	摳癢
	Chengdu	摳癢, 摳咬
	Yangzhou	抓癢
	Hefei	抓癢
	Singapore	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
	Leizhou	扒癢
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	𢯎痕
Wu	Shanghai	搔癢
	Suzhou	搔癢
	Wenzhou	扒扒癢
Xiang	Changsha	摳癢