"scratch" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 划 劃 | to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) | syn | |
| 抓 | to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch | syn | |
| 擦 | to rub / to scratch / to wipe / to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc) | syn | |
| 划痕 劃痕 | a scratch | syn | |
| 擦伤 擦傷 | to abrade / to scrape / to chafe / to graze / abrasion / friction burn / scratch | ||
| 搔痒 搔癢 | to scratch (an itch) / to tickle | ||
| 抓挠 抓撓 | to scratch / to mess about with / to quarrel / to scramble to do / sb or sth that one can rely on | syn | |
| 挠 撓 | to scratch / to thwart / to yield | syn | |
| 搔 | to scratch / old variant of 騷|骚[sao1] | syn | |
| 抠 摳 | to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) | syn | |
| 刮伤 刮傷 | scratch (wound) / scratch (damage to an object) | ||
| 擿 | to scratch / old variant of 擲|掷[zhi4] | ||
| 浅耕 淺耕 | to scratch / shallow plowing | ||
| 擦掠 | to brush against / to graze / to scratch | ||
| 㧟 擓 | (dialect) to scratch (an itch) / to carry on the arm / to scoop up / Taiwan pr. [kuai1] |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 从零开始 從零開始 | to start from scratch | ||
| 抓耳挠腮 抓耳撓腮 | to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom) | syn | |
| 白手起家 | (idiom) to build up from nothing / to start from scratch | syn | |
| 度日 | to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence | syn | |
| 起跑线 起跑線 | the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) | ||
| 关系网 關係網 | network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" | ||
| 另起炉灶 另起爐灶 | lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom) / to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path | syn | |
| 互通有无 互通有無 | (idiom) mutual exchange of assistance / to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls / to reciprocate with material assistance / to scratch each other's back | syn | |
| 隔靴搔痒 隔靴搔癢 | lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom) / fig. beside the point / ineffectual | syn | |
| 抓痒 抓癢 | to scratch an itch | syn | |
| 投桃报李 投桃報李 | toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours. | syn | |
| 平地起家 | to start from scratch (idiom) | ||
| 挠头 撓頭 | tricky / problematic / difficult / to scratch one's head (in puzzlement) | syn | |
| 猫抓病 貓抓病 | cat scratch disease / cat scratch fever | ||
| 关系户 關係戶 | a connection (sb with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours") | ||
| 乱抓 亂抓 | to claw wildly / to scratch frantically / to arrest people indiscriminately | ||
| 零起点 零起點 | from zero / from scratch / beginners' (course) / for beginners | ||
| 归零 歸零 | to reset to zero / (fig.) to start again from scratch / to go back to square one | ||
| 抓搔 | to scratch an itch | ||
| 重起炉灶 重起爐竈 | to start over from scratch (idiom) | syn | |
| 失准 失準 | not up to scratch / subpar / off / gone awry / (of an instrument) to be out of kilter / (of a forecast) to be off the mark | ||
| 刮刮乐 刮刮樂 | scratch-and-win lottery | ||
| 抠脚 摳腳 | to scratch one's foot / (fig.) to be stingy / (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc) |