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masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 白鼻心; on the Mainland it is 果子狸 - both point at “masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 白鼻心、果子狸 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 | 白鼻心 | 果子狸 |
| Reading | ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ bái bí xīn | guǒ zi lí ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄗ˙ ㄌㄧˊ |
| Senses | masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) | masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 白鼻心 · 果子狸 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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