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catalyst · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 觸媒; on the Mainland it is 催化剂 - both point at “catalyst”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 觸媒、催化劑 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 | 觸媒 | 催化剂 |
| Reading | ㄔㄨˋ ㄇㄟˊ chù méi | cuī huà jì ㄘㄨㄟ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄐㄧˋ |
| Senses | (Tw) catalyst | catalyst |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 觸媒 · 催化劑 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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