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美勞 vs 工艺

arts and crafts (as a school subject) · Different everyday word

台灣 · Taiwan
美勞ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄠˊ · měi láo

大陆 · Mainland
工艺 gōng yì · ㄍㄨㄥㄧˋ HSK 5 →

What differs, and by how much

Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 美勞; on the Mainland it is 工艺 - both point at “arts and crafts (as a school subject)”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 美勞、工藝 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.

工艺 is HSK 5 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.

Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.

Side by side

	Taiwan · 台灣	Mainland · 大陆
Written form	美勞	工艺
Reading	ㄇㄟˇ ㄌㄠˊ měi láo	gōng yì ㄍㄨㄥㄧˋ
Senses	arts and crafts (as a school subject)	arts and crafts; industrial arts
Syllabus	—	HSK 5
MOE records	美勞 · 工藝
Dictionary	not in the LinZi dictionary	entry →
Audio	—

In context

“工艺” in a sentence

远离宫殿的北方及南方是平民、商人、工艺师傅和工人。

Farther from the palace and to its north and south were the commoners, merchants, artisans, and laborers.

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