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pull-top can · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 易開罐; on the Mainland it is 易拉罐 - both point at “pull-top can”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 易開罐、易拉罐 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
易拉罐 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 易開罐 | 易拉罐 |
| Reading | ㄧˋ ㄎㄞ ㄍㄨㄢˋ yì kāi guàn | yì lā guàn ㄧˋ ㄌㄚ ㄍㄨㄢˋ |
| Senses | pull-top can | pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull) |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 易開罐 · 易拉罐 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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