搔癢

搔痒
sāoyǎng
  1. to scratch (an itch)
  2. to tickle

CEDICT

  1. to scratch an itch
  2. to tickle

Wiktionary

用指甲抓癢處。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 搔 sāo
  1. to scratch
  2. old variant of 騷 sāo
2 癢 yǎng
  1. to itch
  2. to tickle

Containing this entry

隔靴搔癢 géxuēsāoyǎng
  1. lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom)
  2. fig. beside the point
  3. ineffectual

Related entries

抓撓 zhuānao
  1. to scratch
  2. to mess about with
  3. to quarrel
  4. to scramble to do
  5. sb or sth that one can rely on
搔 sāo
  1. to scratch
  2. old variant of 騷 sāo
那男孩搔了搔耳朵。

The boy scratched his ear.

Source: Tatoeba

撓 náo
  1. to scratch
  2. to thwart
  3. to yield
擓 kuǎi
  1. (dialect) to scratch (an itch)
  2. to carry on the arm
  3. to scoop up
  4. Taiwan pr. kuāi
擿 zhì
  1. to scratch
  2. old variant of 擲 zhì
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