刮痧

Chinese

		to scrape; to blow	acute illness
simp. and trad. (刮痧)		刮	痧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guāshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄕㄚ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gua² sa¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwaat³ saa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gat¹ sa¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): guat⁶ sa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koat-sâ
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁷kuaq-so / ⁷kuaeq ¹so

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• 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/
• 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/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: guat⁶ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuat̚⁵ sa⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koat-sâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: guad` sa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: guad⁵ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ku̯at̚² sa²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kuaq-so
    • MiniDict: kuah^入 so
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴kuaq-so
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuaʔ³³ so⁴⁴/
  • (Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁷kuaeq ¹so
    • MiniDict: kuaeh^入 so^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kuaʔ⁴³  so⁴⁴/

Verb

刮痧

1. (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 edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		刮痧
Mandarin	Luoyang	刮痧
	Wuhan	刮痧
	Chengdu	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