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Wellington, capital of New Zealand · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 威靈頓; on the Mainland it is 惠灵顿 - both point at “Wellington, capital of New Zealand”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 威靈頓、惠靈頓 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 | 威靈頓 | 惠灵顿 |
| Reading | ㄨㄟ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ wēi líng dùn | huì líng dùn ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄨㄣˋ |
| Senses | Wellington, capital of New Zealand | Wellington, capital of New Zealand |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 威靈頓 · 惠靈頓 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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