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Herzegovina · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 塞哥维 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 赫塞哥維納; on the Mainland it is 黑塞哥维那 - both point at “Herzegovina”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 赫塞哥維納、黑塞哥維那 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 | 赫塞哥維納 | 黑塞哥维那 |
| Reading | ㄏㄜˋ ㄙㄞ ㄍㄜ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄚˋ hè sāi gē wéi nà | hēi sāi gē wéi nà ㄏㄟ ㄙㄞ ㄍㄜ ㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄚˋ |
| Senses | Herzegovina | Herzegovina |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 赫塞哥維納 · 黑塞哥維那 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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