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South Korea · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 韩 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 南韓; on the Mainland it is 韩国 - both point at “South Korea”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 南韓、韓國 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 南韓 | 韩国 |
| Reading | ㄋㄢˊ ㄏㄢˊ nán hán | hán guó ㄏㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ |
| Senses | South Korea | South Korea |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 南韓 · 韓國 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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