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Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 阿布達比; on the Mainland it is 阿布扎比 - both point at “Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 阿布達比、阿布扎比 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 | 阿布達比 | 阿布扎比 |
| Reading | ㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˊ ㄅㄧˇ ā bù dá bǐ | ā bù zhā bǐ ㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄚ ㄅㄧˇ |
| Senses | Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 阿布達比 · 阿布扎比 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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