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postdoc · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 博士 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 超博士; on the Mainland it is 博士后 - both point at “postdoc”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 超博士、博士後 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 | 超博士 | 博士后 |
| Reading | ㄔㄠ ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋ chāo bó shì | bó shì hòu ㄅㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˋ |
| Senses | postdoc | postdoc; postdoctoral fellow |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 超博士 · 博士後 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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