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Dakar, capital of Senegal · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 达 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 達卡; on the Mainland it is 达喀尔 - both point at “Dakar, capital of Senegal”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 達卡、達喀爾 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 | 達卡 | 达喀尔 |
| Reading | ㄉㄚˊ ㄎㄚˇ dá kǎ | dá kā ěr ㄉㄚˊ ㄎㄚ ㄦˇ |
| Senses | Dakar, capital of Senegal | Dakar, capital of Senegal |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 達卡 · 達喀爾 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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