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pressure cooker · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 锅 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 快鍋; on the Mainland it is 高压锅 - both point at “pressure cooker”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 快鍋、高壓鍋 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 | 快鍋 | 高压锅 |
| Reading | ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛ kuài guō | gāo yā guō ㄍㄠ ㄧㄚ ㄍㄨㄛ |
| Senses | pressure cooker | pressure cooker |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 快鍋 · 高壓鍋 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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