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traffic circle · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 环 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 圓環; on the Mainland it is 环岛 - both point at “traffic circle”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 圓環、環島 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 | 圓環 | 环岛 |
| Reading | ㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ yuán huán | huán dǎo ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄉㄠˇ |
| Senses | ring (any circular object); (math.) annulus; (Tw) traffic circle; rotary | traffic circle; rotary; roundabout; to travel around an island |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 圓環 · 環島 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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