"To scratch" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 抓 |  zhuā | to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch |   |
| 擦 | cā | to rub / to scratch / to wipe / to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc) | |
| 搔痒 | sāo yǎng | to scratch (an itch) / to tickle | |
| 抓挠 | zhuā nao | to scratch / to mess about with / to quarrel / to scramble to do / sb or sth that one can rely on | |
| 划 | huá | to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) | |
| 挠 | náo | to scratch / to thwart / to yield | |
| 搔 | sāo | to scratch / old variant of 騷|骚[sao1] | |
| 抠 | kōu | 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) | |
| 擿 | zhì | to scratch / old variant of 擲|掷[zhi4] | |
| 浅耕 | qiǎn gēng | to scratch / shallow plowing | |
| 擦掠 | cā lu:è | to brush against / to graze / to scratch | |
| 㧟 | kuǎi | (dialect) to scratch (an itch) / to carry on the arm / to scoop up / Taiwan pr. [kuai1] | |
