刮痧
Chinese
| to scrape; to blow | acute illness | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (刮痧) |
刮 | 痧 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): guat6 sa1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koat-sâ
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 7kuaq-so / 7kuaeq 1so
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: guāshā
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄕㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: guasha
- Wade–Giles: kua1-sha1
- Yale: gwā-shā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guasha
- Palladius: гуаша (guaša)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku̯ä⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: gua2 sa1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guasa
- Sinological IPA (key): /kua²¹ sa⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gwaat3 saa1
- Yale: gwaat sā
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwaat8 saa1
- Guangdong Romanization: guad3 sa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʷaːt̚³ saː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: gat1 sa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kat̚³³ sa³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koat-sâ
- Hakka Romanization System: guadˋ saˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: guad5 sa1
- Sinological IPA: /ku̯at̚² sa²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Wu
Verb
刮痧
- (traditional Chinese medicine) to practise gua sha, a treatment involving repeated pressured strokes over lubricated skin with a smooth edge in order to release blood stasis
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 刮痧 (“to practise gua sha”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 刮痧 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 刮痧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 刮痧 |
| Wuhan | 刮痧 | |
| Guiyang | 刮痧 | |
| Liuzhou | 刮痧 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 刮痧 |
| Pingxiang | 刮痧 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 刮痧 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 劌痧, 掠痧 |
| Quanzhou | 劌痧 | |
| Zhangzhou | 劌痧, 掠痧 | |
| Taipei | 掠痧筋 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 剾痧 | |
| Kaohsiung | 挽筋, 掠痧筋 | |
| Yilan | 掠痧筋, 刮 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 掠痧筋, 刮 | |
| Taichung | 剾痧 | |
| Tainan | 挽筋, 掠痧筋, 刮 | |
| Hsinchu | 刮刮咧, 剾剾咧 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 剾痧 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 刮痧 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 刮痧 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 刮痧 | |
| Suzhou | 刮痧 | |
| Danyang | 刮痧 | |
| Ningbo | 刮痧 | |
| Wenzhou | 摳痧 | |
| Jinhua | 刮痧 | |
| Xiang | Loudi | 刮痧 |