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大眾運輸 vs 公共交通

public transport · Different everyday word

台灣 · Taiwan
大眾運輸ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄣˋ ㄕㄨ · dà zhòng yùn shū

大陆 · Mainland
公共交通 gōng gòng jiāo tōng · ㄍㄨㄥㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄨㄥ

What differs, and by how much

Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 大眾運輸; on the Mainland it is 公共交通 - both point at “public transport”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 大眾運輸、公共交通 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.

Side by side

	Taiwan · 台灣	Mainland · 大陆
Written form	大眾運輸	公共交通
Reading	ㄉㄚˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄩㄣˋ ㄕㄨ dà zhòng yùn shū	gōng gòng jiāo tōng ㄍㄨㄥㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠㄊㄨㄥ
Senses	public transport	public transport; mass transit
Syllabus	—	—
MOE records	大眾運輸 · 公共交通
Dictionary	not in the LinZi dictionary	entry →
Audio	—

In context

“公共交通” in a sentence

例如，中国的公共交通毫不怀疑比英国的好，但英国的公益事业可能比中国的好。

For example, China's public transport is without a doubt better than the UK's, but the UK's public welfare may be better than China's.

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