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AIDS · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 愛滋病; on the Mainland it is 艾滋病 - both point at “AIDS”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 愛滋病、艾滋病 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
愛滋病 is L5 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 艾滋病 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 愛滋病 | 艾滋病 |
| Reading | ㄞˋ ㄗ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ài zī bìng | ài zī bìng ㄞˋ ㄗ ㄅㄧㄥˋ |
| Senses | variant of 艾滋病 (艾滋病 · (loanword) AIDS) | (loanword) AIDS |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L5 | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 愛滋病 · 艾滋病 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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