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clarinet · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 豎笛; on the Mainland it is 单簧管 - both point at “clarinet”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 豎笛、單簧管 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 | 豎笛 | 单簧管 |
| Reading | ㄕㄨˋ ㄉㄧˊ shù dí | dān huáng guǎn ㄉㄢ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄢˇ |
| Senses | recorder (musical instrument); (Tw) clarinet | clarinet |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 豎笛 · 單簧管 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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