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da Vinci · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 达 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 達文西; on the Mainland it is 达芬奇 - both point at “da Vinci”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 達文西、達芬奇 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 達文西 | 达芬奇 |
| Reading | ㄉㄚˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧ dá wén xī | dá fēn qí ㄉㄚˊ ㄈㄣ ㄑㄧˊ |
| Senses | da Vinci | da Vinci |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 達文西 · 達芬奇 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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