掠痧

Chinese

		to massage; to knead	acute illness
simp. and trad. (掠痧)		掠	痧

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍h-soa

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• 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/

Verb

掠痧

1. (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

Synonyms

• 刮痧 (guāshā)
• (Hokkien) 劌痧／刿痧, 剾痧／𠛅痧 (khau-soa)