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(loanword) aspirin · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 阿匹 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 阿斯匹靈; on the Mainland it is 阿司匹林 - both point at “(loanword) aspirin”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 阿斯匹靈、阿司匹林 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: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 阿斯匹靈 | 阿司匹林 |
| Reading | ㄚ ㄙ ㄆㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ā sī pǐ líng | ā sī pǐ lín ㄚ ㄙ ㄆㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ |
| Senses | (loanword) aspirin | (loanword) aspirin |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 阿斯匹靈 · 阿司匹林 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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