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. Doublet of 立刻白 (lìkèbái).

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
Northeastern 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

Derived terms

立可帶 / 立可带 (lìkědài)