隔靴搔癢

Chinese

		to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off	boots	to scratch an itch; to tickle
trad. (隔靴搔癢)		隔	靴	搔癢
simp. (隔靴搔痒)		隔	靴	搔痒
Literally: “to scratch an itch from outside one's boot”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): géxuēsāoyǎng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄒㄩㄝㄙㄠㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ hoe¹ sou¹ joeng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: géxuēsāoyǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄒㄩㄝㄙㄠㄧㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gésyuesaoyǎng
  - Wade–Giles: ko²-hsüeh¹-sao¹-yang³
  - Yale: gé-sywē-sāu-yǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gershiuesauyeang
  - Palladius: гэсюэсаоян (gɛsjuesaojan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ ɕɥɛ⁵⁵ sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaak³ hoe¹ sou¹ joeng⁵
  - Yale: gaak hēu sōu yéuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ hoe¹ sou¹ joeng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: gag³ hê¹ sou¹ yêng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ hœː⁵⁵ sou̯⁵⁵ jœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

隔靴搔癢

to attempt an ineffective solution

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