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Banjul, capital of Gambia · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 班 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 班竹; on the Mainland it is 班珠尔 - both point at “Banjul, capital of Gambia”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 班竹、班珠爾 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 | 班竹 | 班珠尔 |
| Reading | ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨˊ bān zhú | bān zhū ěr ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨ ㄦˇ |
| Senses | Banjul, capital of Gambia | Banjul, capital of Gambia |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 班竹 · 班珠爾 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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