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preposition · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 介词 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 介係詞; on the Mainland it is 介词 - both point at “preposition”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 介係詞、介詞 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 | 介係詞 | 介词 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧˋ ㄘˊ jiè xì cí | jiè cí ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄘˊ |
| Senses | preposition | preposition |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 介係詞 · 介詞 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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