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Dodoma, capital of Tanzania · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 杜篤瑪; on the Mainland it is 多多马 - both point at “Dodoma, capital of Tanzania”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 杜篤瑪、多多馬 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 | 杜篤瑪 | 多多马 |
| Reading | ㄉㄨˋ ㄉㄨˇ ㄇㄚˇ dù dǔ mǎ | duō duō mǎ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄇㄚˇ |
| Senses | Dodoma, capital of Tanzania | Dodoma, capital of Tanzania |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 杜篤瑪 · 多多馬 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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