搔痒

搔癢
sāoyǎng
verb #37,664

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 6
Tā yòng yǔmáo sāoyǎng xiǎo māo de dùzi.
He tickled the kitten's belly with a feather.
HSK 7-9
Wénzi yǎo guò de dìfāng yīzhí xiǎng sāoyǎng.
I keep wanting to scratch where the mosquito bit me.

Tips

usage
搔痒 covers both scratching your own itch and tickling someone else. The idiom 隔靴搔痒 (lit. "scratching an itch through your boot") means tackling a problem so indirectly it has no effect - a very common figurative use.

Stroke Order

sāo
yǎng