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to buy votes (in an election) · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 買票; on the Mainland it is 贿选 - both point at “to buy votes (in an election)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 買票、賄選 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 | 買票 | 贿选 |
| Reading | ㄇㄞˇ ㄆㄧㄠˋ mǎi piào | huì xuǎn ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ |
| Senses | to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) | to buy votes (in an election) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 買票 · 賄選 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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