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disability · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 身心障礙; on the Mainland it is 残疾 - both point at “disability”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 身心障礙、殘疾 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
残疾 is HSK 6 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 身心障礙 | 残疾 |
| Reading | ㄕㄣ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄓㄤˋ ㄞˋ shēn xīn zhàng ài | cán jí ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ |
| Senses | disability | disabled; handicapped; deformity on a person or animal |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 6 |
| MOE records | 身心障礙 · 殘疾 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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