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National Police Agency · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 警 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 警政署; on the Mainland it is 警察厅 - both point at “National Police Agency”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 警政署、警察廳 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 | 警政署 | 警察厅 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄥˋ ㄕㄨˇ jǐng zhèng shǔ | jǐng chá tīng ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄊㄧㄥ |
| Senses | National Police Agency | National Police Agency |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 警政署 · 警察廳 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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