剾痧
Chinese
| to scrape, to peel | acute illness | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (剾痧) | 剾 | 痧 | |
| simp. (𠛅痧) | 𠛅 | 痧 | |
| alternative forms | 摳痧／抠痧 | ||
Pronunciation
Verb
剾痧
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, 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 |