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to establish · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 建 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 建立; on the Mainland it is 创建 - both point at “to establish”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 建立、創建 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
建立 is L3 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 创建 is HSK 6 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 建立 | 创建 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧˋ jiàn lì | chuàng jiàn ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ |
| Senses | to establish; to set up; to found | to found; to establish |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L3 | HSK 6 |
| MOE records | 建立 · 創建 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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