劌痧

Chinese

		cut; injure	cholera
trad. (劌痧)		劌	痧
simp. (刿痧)		刿	痧

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kuih-se / kuih-soa / koeh-soa

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuih-se
  - Tâi-lô: kuih-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuihsef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kui(ʔ)⁵ se³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kuih-soa
  - Tâi-lô: kuih-sua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuihsoaf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kui(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sua⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koeh-soa
  - Tâi-lô: kueh-sua
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koehsoaf
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sua⁴⁴/

Verb

劌痧

(Mainland China 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) 剾痧／𠛅痧, 掠痧

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