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

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

(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
Mandarin	Taiwan	立可白
Cantonese	Hong Kong	塗改液, 改錯水, 白油
Cantonese	Dongguan	塗改液
Southern Min	Haifeng	膏筆液, 塗改液
Wu	Shanghai	修正液

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