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便利商店 vs 便利店

convenience store · Different wording

台灣 · Taiwan
便利商店ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄤㄉㄧㄢˋ · biàn lì shāng diàn

大陆 · Mainland
便利店 biàn lì diàn · ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ HSK 7-9 →

What differs, and by how much

Different wording The two terms share 便利店 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 便利商店; on the Mainland it is 便利店 - both point at “convenience store”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 便利商店、便利店 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.

便利店 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.

Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.

Side by side

	Taiwan · 台灣	Mainland · 大陆
Written form	便利商店	便利店
Reading	ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄤㄉㄧㄢˋ biàn lì shāng diàn	biàn lì diàn ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ
Senses	convenience store	convenience store
Syllabus	—	HSK 7-9
MOE records	便利商店 · 便利店
Dictionary	not in the LinZi dictionary	entry →
Audio	—

In context

“便利店” in a sentence

有一家便利店在马路斜对面。

There's a convenience store diagonally across the street.

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