𢯎痕

Chinese

		to scratch	itchy
simp. and trad. (𢯎痕)		𢯎	痕
alternative forms		拗痕 R痕

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaau¹ han⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaau¹ han⁴
    • Yale: ngāau hàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaau¹ han⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngao¹ hen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːu̯⁵⁵ hɐn²¹/

Verb

𢯎痕

1. (Cantonese) to scratch an itch

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 搔癢 (“to scratch an itch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搔癢, 撓癢, 抓癢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	撓癢癢, 擓癢癢
	Taiwan	抓癢, 搔癢
	Harbin	擓癢癢兒
	Singapore	抓癢
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	擓癢癢
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	撓癢, 摳咬
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	摳癢, 摳咬
	Wuhan	摳癢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	抓癢
	Hefei	抓癢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	𢯎痕
	Hong Kong	𢯎痕
	Taishan	搲痎
	Yangjiang	憂癢
Hakka	Meixian	扡癢, 爪癢, 撓癢
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	扡痎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	爪癢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	爪癢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	爪癢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	爪癢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	爪癢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	爪癢
Jin	Taiyuan	抓癢癢, 撓癢癢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	扒咬
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扒癢
Southern Min	Xiamen	扒癢
	Quanzhou	扒癢
	Zhangzhou	扒癢
	Tainan	扒癢
	Manila (Hokkien)	扒癢
	Chaozhou	扒癢
	Shantou	扒癢
	Jieyang	扒癢, 拞癢
	Puning	嬈癢, 扒癢
	Leizhou	扒癢
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	𢯎痕
Wu	Shanghai	搔癢
	Suzhou	搔癢
	Wenzhou	扒扒癢
Xiang	Changsha	摳癢