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Van Gogh · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 梵谷; on the Mainland it is 梵高 - both point at “Van Gogh”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 梵谷、梵高 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 梵谷 | 梵高 |
| Reading | ㄈㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ fàn gǔ | fàn gāo ㄈㄢˋ ㄍㄠ |
| Senses | Van Gogh | Van Gogh |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 梵谷 · 梵高 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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