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teacher in charge of a class · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 班 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 班導; on the Mainland it is 班主任 - both point at “teacher in charge of a class”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 班導、班主任 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 | 班導 | 班主任 |
| Reading | ㄅㄢ ㄉㄠˇ bān dǎo | bān zhǔ rèn ㄅㄢ ㄓㄨˇ ㄖㄣˋ |
| Senses | teacher in charge of a class | teacher in charge of a class |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 班導 · 班主任 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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