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electric kettle · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 壶 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 快煮壺; on the Mainland it is 电热壶 - both point at “electric kettle”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 快煮壺、電熱壺 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 | 快煮壺 | 电热壶 |
| Reading | ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄓㄨˇ ㄏㄨˊ kuài zhǔ hú | diàn rè hú ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄜˋ ㄏㄨˊ |
| Senses | electric kettle | electric kettle |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 快煮壺 · 電熱壺 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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