| itch | to grab; to catch; to arrest to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch |
child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (癢抓子) | 癢 | 抓 | 子 | |
| simp. (痒抓子) | 痒 | 抓 | 子 | |
癢抓子
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 不求人 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老頭兒樂, 癢癢撓兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 不求人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 癢抓, 抓癢, 癢癢撓兒 in some places, 抓子 in some places |
| Liuzhou | 抓癢耙, 不求人, 癢耙, 癢癢撓 in some subdialects | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老人樂, 不求人, 撓癢筢 |
| Yangzhou | 抓癢耙子, 不求人 uncommon | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 不求人 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 不求人, 抓耙仔 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 不求人, 抓耙仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 不求人, 尻脊扒仔 | |
| Yilan | 不求人, 扒仔 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 抓耙仔 | |
| Taichung | 抓耙仔 | |
| Tainan | 扒癢的 | |
| Hsinchu | 扒仔 | |
| Kinmen | 抓尻脊彼枝 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 竹桮 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 不求人 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搔手, 勿求人 |
| Ningbo | 搔癢棒, 𢪂癢棒 | |
| Wenzhou | 不求人 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 癢抓子 |