橡皮擦

xiàngpícā

noun #41,450

Measure Word

一块橡皮擦 kuài

Meanings

1 eraser; rubber

Characters

oak; rubber tree

Examples

写错了就用橡皮擦擦掉。

Xiě cuò le jiù yòng xiàngpícā cā diào.

If you write something wrong, just erase it with the eraser.

我的铅笔盒里还有一块新橡皮擦。

Wǒ de qiānbǐhé lǐ hái yǒu yí kuài xīn xiàngpícā.

There's still a new eraser in my pencil case.

Tips

memory

橡皮 (rubber / latex, from 橡胶树 the rubber tree) + 擦 (rub, wipe). Literally the ‘rubber-wiper’. In spoken Chinese people often just say 橡皮.

Stroke Order

橡 xiàng

皮 pí

擦 cā