掠痧

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍h-soa

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

(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)

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