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痒

yǎng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 癢

What 痒 means

1. to itch
2. to tickle

Other readings

痒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yǎngvariant of {痒|yǎng}; to itch; to tickle

Example sentences

• 背痒。
  My back is itchy.
• 停！痒痒！
  Tíng! yǎngyang!
  Stop! You're tickling me!
• 我耳朵痒。
  I have an itch in my ear.
• 我眼睛在痒。
  Wǒ yǎnjing zài yǎng.
  My eyes feel itchy.
• 我全身发痒。
  Wǒ quánshēn fāyǎng.
  My whole body itches.
• 我的鼻子好痒。
  My nose is itchy.

Words starting with 痒

• 痒痒yǎng yangto itch; to tickle
• 痒痒挠yǎng yang náobackscratcher (made from bamboo etc)

Words containing 痒

• 发痒fā yǎngto tickle; to itch
• 无关痛痒wú guān tòng yǎng(idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant
• 不痛不痒bù tòng bù yǎnglit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what…
• 怕痒pà yǎngto be ticklish
• 手痒shǒu yǎng(fig.) to itch (to do sth)
• 技痒jì yǎngto itch to demonstrate one's skill
• 抓痒zhuā yǎngto scratch an itch
• 痛痒tòng yǎngpain and itch; sufferings; importance
• 皮痒pí yǎng(colloquial) to need a spanking
• 挠痒痒náo yǎng yangto tickle
• 羊痒疫yáng yǎng yìscrapie (prion disease of sheep)
• 不知痛痒bù zhī tòng yǎngnumb; unfeeling; indifferent
• 不关痛痒bù guān tòng yǎngunimportant; of no consequence
• 心里痒痒xīn lǐ yǎng yangto feel a strong urge (to do sth)
• 虱多不痒shī duō bù yǎng(lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore (idiom)…
• 搔痒sāo yǎngto scratch (an itch); to tickle
• 隔靴搔痒gé xuē sāo yǎnglit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom); fig. beside the point; ineffectual
• 瘙痒sào yǎngto itch; itchiness
• 瘙痒病sào yǎng bìngscrapie (prion disease of sheep)
• 瘙痒症sào yǎng zhèngpruritus; itchy skin
• 羊瘙痒病yáng sào yǎng bìngscrapie (prion disease of sheep)
• 羊瘙痒症yáng sào yǎng zhèngscrapie (prion disease of sheep)
• 七年之痒qī nián zhī yǎngseven-year itch
• 虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu(lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's…

Characters built on 羊

These share the phonetic component 羊 (yáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 样yàngmanner; pattern; way
• 洋yángocean; vast; foreign
• 氧yǎngoxygen (chemistry)
• 烊yángmolten; smelt
• 徉yángto walk back and forth
• 佯yángto feign; to pretend
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)
• 蛘yánga weevil found in rice etc

Characters that look like 痒

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 疼téng(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
• 痕hénscar; traces
• 脾píspleen
• 痔zhìpiles; hemorrhoid

Sounds the same

Read yǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 养to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 氧oxygen (chemistry)
• 仰to face upward; to look up; to admire
• 炴firelight; blaze
• 坱(literary) dust; (literary) vast and all-pervading
• 飬old variant of 养