立可白

Chinese

		immediately	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
simp. and trad. (立可白)		立	可	白
Literally: “can be white immediately”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English liquid paper.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìkěbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lap⁶ ho² baak⁶ / laap⁶ ho² baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìkěbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìkěbái
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-kʻo³-pai²
    • Yale: lì-kě-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihkeebair
    • Palladius: ликэбай (likɛbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lap⁶ ho² baak⁶ / laap⁶ ho² baak⁶
    • Yale: lahp hó baahk / laahp hó baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lap⁹ ho² baak⁹ / laap⁹ ho² baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: leb⁶ ho² bag⁶ / lab⁶ ho² bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐp̚² hɔː³⁵ paːk̚²/, /laːp̚² hɔː³⁵ paːk̚²/

Noun

立可白

1. (chiefly Taiwan) correction fluid

Synonyms

• 修正液 (xiūzhèngyè)
• 塗改液／涂改液 (túgǎiyè)
• 改正液 (gǎizhèngyè)
• 改錯液／改错液 (gǎicuòyè)
• 立刻白 (lìkèbái)
• 糾正液／纠正液 (jiūzhèngyè)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 修正液 (“correction fluid; whiteout”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		修正液, 塗改液
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	立可白
Cantonese	Hong Kong	塗改液, 改錯水, 白油
	Dongguan	塗改液
Southern Min	Haifeng	膏筆液, 塗改液
Wu	Shanghai	修正液