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to go on holidays · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 渡假; on the Mainland it is 度假 - both point at “to go on holidays”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 渡假、度假 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
度假 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 渡假 | 度假 |
| Reading | ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ dù jià | dù jià ㄉㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚˋ |
| Senses | (Tw) to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation | to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 渡假 · 度假 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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