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to play house · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 家 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 扮家家酒; on the Mainland it is 过家家 - both point at “to play house”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 扮家家酒、過家家 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 | 扮家家酒 | 过家家 |
| Reading | ㄅㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄡˇ bàn jiā jiā jiǔ | guò jiā jiā ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄚ |
| Senses | to play house | to play house |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 扮家家酒 · 過家家 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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