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pineapple · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 鳳梨; on the Mainland it is 菠萝 - both point at “pineapple”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 鳳梨、菠蘿 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 鳳梨 | 菠萝 |
| Reading | ㄈㄥˋ ㄌㄧˊ fèng lí | bō luó ㄅㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ |
| Senses | pineapple | pineapple |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 鳳梨 · 菠蘿 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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