睇脈

Chinese

		look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think	mountain range; pulse
trad. (睇脈)		睇	脈
simp. (睇脉)		睇	脉

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): tai² mak⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tai² mak⁶
  - Yale: tái mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tai² mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tei² meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯³⁵ mɐk̚²/

Verb

睇⫽脈 (verb-object)

(Cantonese, traditional Chinese medicine) to take someone's pulse
- 1888, James Dyer Ball, Cantonese Made Easy, 2nd edition, Hongkong: "China Mail" office, page 24:
  
  請唐人醫生嚟睇脈呀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  请唐人医生嚟睇脉呀。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  ceng² tong⁴ jan⁴ ji¹ saang¹ lai⁴ tai² mak⁶ aa³. [Jyutping]
  Call a Chinese doctor to feel my pulse.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 把脈 (“to take someone's pulse”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		診脈, 切脈, 按脈, 候脈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		診脈, 號脈, 把脈, 切脈, 按脈, 看脈
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	號脈
	Taiwan	把脈
	Langfang	摸脈
	Chengde	號脈
	Ulanhot	把脈
	Tongliao	把脈
	Chifeng	號脈
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	號脈, 把脈
	Heihe	號脈, 切脈
	Qiqihar	號脈
	Harbin	號脈, 摸脈, 把脈
	Jiamusi	號脈, 摸脈, 切脈
	Baicheng	號脈, 摸脈
	Changchun	號脈
	Tonghua	號脈
	Shenyang	號脈, 摸脈, 切脈
	Jinzhou	號脈, 摸脈
	Singapore	把脈
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	號脈
	Tangshan	號脈, 摸脈
	Cangzhou	號脈, 摸脈
	Baoding	號脈
	Shijiazhuang	號脈, 摸脈
	Lijin	評脈
	Jinan	號脈
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	把脈
	Dandong	號脈, 摸脈
	Yantai	把脈
	Yantai (Muping)	試脈, 評脈
	Qingdao	把脈
	Zhucheng	評脈
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	號脈, 摸脈, 品脈
	Lingbao	號脈, 切脈
	Jining	摸脈
	Daming	號脈
	Wanrong	摸脈, 號脈
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	揣脈
	Linfen	候脈
	Shangqiu	號脈, 摸脈, 切脈
	Yuanyang	摸脈, 切脈
	Zhengzhou	號脈
	Xinyang	號脈
	Baihe	號脈, 摸脈
	Xi'an	號脈, 摸脈
	Baoji	號脈, 摸脈
	Tianshui	捉脈
	Xining	號脈, 揣脈
	Xuzhou	號脈兒, 號脈, 方脈
	Fuyang	號脈, 扶脈
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	號脈
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	號脈, 摸脈
	Bayanhot	號脈
	Lanzhou	號脈
	Dunhuang	號脈
	Hami	號脈
	Ürümqi	號脈
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拿脈, 摸脈, 號脈, 把脈
	Nanchong	摸脈
	Dazhou	摸脈
	Hanyuan	摸脈
	Xichang	評脈, 摸脈
	Zigong	摸脈
	Chongqing	摸脈
	Wuhan	拿脈, 摸脈
	Yichang	摸脈
	Xiangyang	號脈
	Tianmen	摸脈, 評脈
	Guiyang	拿脈, 號脈, 摸脈
	Zunyi	拿脈
	Bijie	拿脈
	Liping	號脈
	Zhaotong	號脈
	Dali	號脈
	Kunming	號脈, 摸脈
	Mengzi	號脈
	Guilin	號脈, 拿脈
	Liuzhou	拿脈, 號脈, 摸脈
	Jishou	號脈
	Changde	摸脈
	Hanzhong	拉脈
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	搭脈
	Yangzhou	號脈, 把脈, 搭脈
	Lianyungang	號脈
	Lianshui	號脈
	Nantong	把脈
	Anqing	摸脈
	Wuhu	搭脈
	Hefei	號脈
	Huanggang	拿脈
	Hong'an	號脈, 摸脈, 看脈
Cantonese	Guangzhou	把脈, 揞脈, 探脈, 搭脈, 睇脈
	Hong Kong	把脈, 打脈, 睇脈
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	打脈, 把脈
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	打脈
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	打脈
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	把脈
	Macau	把脈
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	把脈
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	打脈
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	把脈
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	診脈
	Foshan	打脈
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	揞脈
	Foshan (Shunde)	把脈
	Foshan (Sanshui)	揞脈
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	切脈
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	把脈
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	把脈
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	把脈
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	摸脈
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	摸脈
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	摸脈
	Taishan	摸脈
	Kaiping (Chikan)	摸脈
	Enping (Niujiang)	摸脈
	Heshan (Yayao)	摸脈
	Dongguan	把脈
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	打脈
	Qingyuan	把脈
	Fogang	把脈
	Yingde (Hanguang)	打脈
	Yangshan	打脈, 摸脈
	Lianshan (Butian)	探脈
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	打脈
	Shaoguan	打脈, 把脈
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	打脈
	Renhua	打脈
	Lechang	打脈
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	把脈
	Sihui	睇脈, 摸脈
	Guangning	睇脈
	Deqing	把脈
	Huaiji	測脈
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	探脈
	Yunfu	摸脈
	Xinxing	揞脈
	Luoding	打脈
	Yunan (Pingtai)	打脈
	Xinyi	把脈
	Lianjiang	揸脈, 把脈
	Nanning	把脈
	Wuzhou	把脈
	Yulin	定脈
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	摸脈
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	把脈
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	打脈
Gan	Nanchang	把脈
	Lichuan	把脈, 隔脈
	Pingxiang	看脈, 撚脈, 摸脈
Hakka	Meixian	打脈, 按脈
	Xingning	打脈
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	打脈
	Huidong (Daling)	打脈
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	打脈
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	打脈
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	打脈, 摸脈
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	把脈
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	打脈
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	打脈
	Wuhua (Changbu)	打脈
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	打脈
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	打脈
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	打脈
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	打脈
	Liannan	打脈
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	拿脈
	Jiexi	打脈
	Changting	打脈
	Wuping	打脈
	Wuping (Pingyu)	打脈
	Liancheng	定脈
	Ninghua	納脈
	Yudu	打脈
	Ruijin	抓脈
	Shicheng	抓脈, 把脈
	Shangyou (Shexi)	打脈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打脈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打脈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打脈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打脈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打脈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	打脈
	Hong Kong	打脈
	Luchuan	看脈
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	搭脈
	Sabah (Longchuan)	把脈
	Senai (Huiyang)	打脈
	Singkawang	打脈, 抓脈
Huizhou	Jixi	搭脈
Huizhou	Shexian	搭脈
Jin	Taiyuan	號脈, 把脈
	Pingyao	號脈, 診脈
	Yangyuan	號脈, 摸脈, 切脈
	Datong	號脈, 捉脈
	Xinzhou	號脈
	Lüliang (Lishi)	號脈, 拈脈
	Changzhi	替脈
	Taibus (Baochang)	抓脈
	Linhe	號脈, 捉脈
	Jining	號脈
	Hohhot	號脈
	Baotou	號脈
	Dongsheng	號脈
	Haibowan	捉脈
	Erenhot	號脈
	Pingshan	號脈, 摸脈
	Zhangjiakou	號脈
	Handan	號脈
	Linzhou	抓脈
	Suide	號脈, 拈脈
Northern Min	Jian'ou	摸脈, 覷脈
	Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping)	摸脈
	Songxi	拿脈
	Zhenghe	覷脈
	Shunchang (Yangdun)	拿脈
	Jianyang	摸脈
	Wuyishan	摸脈
	Pucheng (Shibei)	摸脈
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	摸脈
	Fuqing	掏脈
	Yongtai	看脈
	Ningde	捏脈
	Matsu	看脈
Southern Min	Xiamen	摸脈, 候脈, 𥌚脈, 捍脈
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	扲脈
	Quanzhou	摸脈, 候脈, 𥌚脈
	Jinjiang	候脈
	Yongchun	𥌚脈, 候脈, 摸脈
	Dehua	摸脈
	Zhangzhou	摸脈, 𥌚脈, 節脈
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	摸脈
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	節脈
	Pinghe	摸脈, 節脈
	Dongshan	按脈, 候脈, 算脈
	Taipei	節脈
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	節脈
	Kaohsiung	節脈, 候脈
	Yilan	節脈
	Changhua (Lukang)	𥌚脈, 節脈
	Taichung	節脈
	Tainan	節脈, 摸脈
	Hsinchu	節脈
	Kinmen	候脈, 掠脈, 𥌚脈, 捍脈
	Penghu (Magong)	候脈, 節脈, 𥌚脈
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𥌚脈, 摸脈, 捍脈, 查脈
	Manila (Hokkien)	候脈
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	候脈, 捉脈
	Datian	摸脈
	Shantou	拍脈, 捍脈, 診脈
	Shantou (Chenghai)	拍脈
	Jieyang	捍脈
	Haifeng	掠脈
	Bangkok (Teochew)	拍脈
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	拍脈
	Wenchang	摸脈
	Haikou	摸脈
Puxian Min	Putian	𥌚脈
Puxian Min	Xianyou	𥌚脈
Central Min	Yong'an	拿脈
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	拿脈
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	摸脈
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	拍脈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	把脈, 看脈
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	號脈
Wu	Shanghai	把脈, 搭脈, 診脈
	Shanghai (Chongming)	把脈
	Suzhou	把脈
	Danyang	搭脈, 把脈
	Hangzhou	把脈, 搭脈
	Ningbo	搭脈, 把脈
	Wenzhou	搭脈
	Jinhua	把脈
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	候脈
Xiang	Changsha	捉脈, 看脈, 摸脈, 探脈
	Xiangtan	看脈
	Loudi	接脈, 摸脈, 看脈
	Quanzhou	拿脈