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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 巴哈; on the Mainland it is 巴赫 - both point at “Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 巴哈、巴赫 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 | 巴哈 | 巴赫 |
| Reading | ㄅㄚ ㄏㄚ bā hā | bā hè ㄅㄚ ㄏㄜˋ |
| Senses | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 巴哈 · 巴赫 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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