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Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 辽 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 白遼士; on the Mainland it is 柏辽兹 - both point at “Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 白遼士、柏遼茲 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 | 白遼士 | 柏辽兹 |
| Reading | ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄕˋ bái liáo shì | bǎi liáo zī ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄗ |
| Senses | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique | Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 白遼士 · 柏遼茲 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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