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(loanword) coupon · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 券 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 酷碰券; on the Mainland it is 购物券 - both point at “(loanword) coupon”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 酷碰券、購物券 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 | 酷碰券 | 购物券 |
| Reading | ㄎㄨˋ ㄆㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˋ kù pèng quàn | gòu wù quàn ㄍㄡˋ ㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄢˋ |
| Senses | (loanword) coupon | coupon |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 酷碰券 · 購物券 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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