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Bosnia · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 波士尼亞; on the Mainland it is 波斯尼亚 - both point at “Bosnia”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 波士尼亞、波斯尼亞 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 | 波士尼亞 | 波斯尼亚 |
| Reading | ㄅㄛ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ bō shì ní yà | bō sī ní yà ㄅㄛ ㄙ ㄋㄧˊ ㄧㄚˋ |
| Senses | Bosnia | Bosnia |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 波士尼亞 · 波斯尼亞 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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