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correction fluid (loanword from "Liquid Paper") · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 立可白; on the Mainland it is 涂改液 - both point at “correction fluid (loanword from "Liquid Paper")”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 立可白、塗改液 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 立可白 | 涂改液 |
| Reading | ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄅㄞˊ lì kě bái | tú gǎi yè ㄊㄨˊ ㄍㄞˇ ㄧㄝˋ |
| Senses | correction fluid (loanword from "Liquid Paper") | correction fluid (loanword from "Liquid Paper") |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 立可白 · 塗改液 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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