The Chinese word for to rub is
擦
Chinese Definition
| rub | |
| 1. 揉、摩擦 |
Translations for rub and their definitions
| 擦 | |
| 1. to rub | |
| 2. to be close to; to be near | |
| 3. to wipe; to scour; to scrub; to erase | |
| 把 黑板 擦 乾gān淨 - to wipe the blackboard clean - | |
| 擦 嗮 啲 錯字 - to erase all the incorrect characters - | |
| 4. to spread (paste etc.); to apply | |
| 5. to shred (melons and fruits) | |
| 6. (slang) Alternative form of 肏 (to fuck) | |
| 7. utensil for rubbing (e.g., eraser, shoe polish) | |
| 黑板擦 - blackboard eraser - | |
| 8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hanging scroll; wall hanging (a scroll that unrolls vertically for hanging on a wall) |
| 磨 | |
| 1. to grind; to sharpen | |
| 2. to rub; to chafe | |
| 3. to wear away; to obliterate | |
| 4. to wear out; to wear down; to erode | |
| 5. to dawdle; to waste (time) | |
| 6. to pester; to plague (someone) | |
| 7. grinder; mill | |
| 8. to grind; to mill | |
| 9. to turn around | |
| 10. (Cantonese) to waste time | |
| 11. (Teochew) to approach |
| 揉 | |
| 1. to knead; to rub; to massage | |
| 2. to crush by hand |
| 蹭 | |
| 1. to rub against | |
| 2. to be smeared with; to get stained by rubbing | |
| 3. to shuffle; to drag the feet in walking | |
| 4. to dawdle; to delay | |
| 5. (colloquial) to freeload; to scrounge |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary