掠痧
Chinese
| to massage; to knead | acute illness | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (掠痧) |
掠 | 痧 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h-soa
- Tâi-lô: lia̍h-sua
- Phofsit Daibuun: liaqsoaf
- IPA (Xiamen): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ sua⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ sua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
Verb
掠痧
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and 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