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Barcelona, Spain · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 巴塞 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 巴塞隆納; on the Mainland it is 巴塞罗那 - both point at “Barcelona, Spain”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 巴塞隆納、巴塞羅那 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 | 巴塞隆納 | 巴塞罗那 |
| Reading | ㄅㄚ ㄙㄞ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄚˋ bā sāi lóng nà | bā sāi luó nà ㄅㄚ ㄙㄞ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄋㄚˋ |
| Senses | Barcelona, Spain | Barcelona, Spain |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 巴塞隆納 · 巴塞羅那 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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