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Obama · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 歐巴馬; on the Mainland it is 奥巴马 - both point at “Obama”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 歐巴馬、奧巴馬 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 歐巴馬 | 奥巴马 |
| Reading | ㄡ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄚˇ ōu bā mǎ | ào bā mǎ ㄠˋ ㄅㄚ ㄇㄚˇ |
| Senses | Obama | Obama |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 歐巴馬 · 奧巴馬 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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