Home › Words › S › shiatsushiatsu/ʃiːˈɑːt.suː/shiatsu means A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy.shiatsu is pronounced /ʃiːˈɑːt.suː/.EtymologyBorrowed from Japanese 指(し)圧(あつ) (shiatsu), from Middle Chinese 指 (MC tsyijX, “finger”) + 壓 (MC 'aep, “downward force”).nounA form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).