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butter · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 奶油; on the Mainland it is 黄油 - both point at “butter”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 奶油、黃油 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 | 奶油 | 黄油 |
| Reading | ㄋㄞˇ ㄧㄡˊ nǎi yóu | huáng yóu ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄡˊ |
| Senses | cream; butter; (coll.) effeminate | butter |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 奶油 · 黃油 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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