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Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 德克 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 德弗札克; on the Mainland it is 德沃夏克 - both point at “Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 德弗札克、德沃夏克 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: 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 | 德弗札克 | 德沃夏克 |
| Reading | ㄉㄜˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄓㄚˊ ㄎㄜˋ dé fú zhá kè | dé wò xià kè ㄉㄜˊ ㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄎㄜˋ |
| Senses | Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New | Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 德弗札克 · 德沃夏克 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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