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Bujumbura, capital of Burundi · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 布松布拉; on the Mainland it is 布琼布拉 - both point at “Bujumbura, capital of Burundi”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 布松布拉、布瓊布拉 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 | 布松布拉 | 布琼布拉 |
| Reading | ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄚ bù sōng bù lā | bù qióng bù lā ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄚ |
| Senses | Bujumbura, capital of Burundi | Bujumbura, capital of Burundi |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 布松布拉 · 布瓊布拉 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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