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(coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 美人腿; on the Mainland it is 茭白笋 - both point at “(coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 美人腿、茭白筍 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 | 美人腿 | 茭白笋 |
| Reading | ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄟˇ měi rén tuǐ | jiāo bái sǔn ㄐㄧㄠ ㄅㄞˊ ㄙㄨㄣˇ |
| Senses | (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo | (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 美人腿 · 茭白筍 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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