葛力水

Chinese

		coarse grass linen	power; force; strength	water; river
trad. (葛力水)		葛	力	水
simp. #(葛力水)		葛	力	水
alternative forms		葛叻水

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kat-la̍t-chúi / kat-ba̍k-chúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kat-la̍t-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: kat-la̍t-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: katladzuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kat̚³²⁻⁵ lat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kat̚⁵⁻²⁴ lat̚²⁴⁻² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kat̚³²⁻⁴ lat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kat-ba̍k-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: kat-ba̍k-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: katbagzuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kat̚³²⁻⁵ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sui⁵³/

Noun

葛力水

1. (Hokkien, chemistry) strong acid, especially sulfuric acid

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 強酸 (“strong acid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		強酸
Mandarin	Beijing	壞水兒
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鏹水
Southern Min	Xiamen	葛力水

Dialectal synonyms of 硫酸 (“sulfuric acid”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		硫酸
Mandarin	Taiwan	硫酸
Cantonese	Hong Kong	硫酸
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	硫酸
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	硫酸
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	硫酸
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	硫酸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	硫酸
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	硫酸
Southern Min	Xiamen	葛力水
	Quanzhou	葛力水
	Zhangzhou	葛力水