刮痧

刮痧

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄚ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwaat³ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: guāshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄚ ㄕㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guasha
    • IPA ^(key): /ku̯a̠⁵⁵ ʂa̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwaat³ saa¹
    • Yale: gwaat sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwaat⁸ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guad³ sa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʷaːt̚³ saː⁵⁵/

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

• (Min Nan) 劌痧／刿痧