癢 (joeng5 | yang3) : itch; tickle

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癢

joeng5

yang3

itch; tickle
[粵]痕 itch

Stroke count: 20

Level: 2

Radical: 疒 (#104)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

癢 / 痒

This word has been viewed 6828 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 14th Jun 2007 02:38 and last edited on 30th Nov 2012 21:47

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不痛不癢 bat1 tung3 bat1 joeng5 bu4 tong4 bu4 yang3 = scratching the surface; superficial; perfunctory 國

痕癢 han4 joeng5 = itch, itching

搔癢 sou1 joeng5 sao1 yang3 = tickle; itch

刺癢 ci3 joeng5 ci4 yang4 = itchy, scratchy

屁股癢 pei3 gu2 joeng5 pi4 gu3 yang3 = not able to sit still (literally: buttocks itch)

技癢 gei6 joeng5 ji4 yang3 = itch to show off one\'s skills

隔靴搔癢 gaak3 hoe1 sou1 joeng5 ge2 xue1 sao1 yang3 = to completely miss the main point of a topic or argument

發癢 faat3 joeng5 fa1 yang3 = to tickle / to itch

Showing 1 example containing 癢

個醫生畀咗啲止癢藥畀我搽蚊𧕴粵
The doctor gave me some cream to put on my mosquito bites.
[Lit. [counter] doctor give-already [plural counter] stop-itch-cream give me spread insect bite]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 癢
Unicode code for this character: U+7662 (off-site link)

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