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精障 vs 精神病

mental disorder · Different wording

台灣 · Taiwan
精障ㄐㄧㄥㄓㄤˋ · jīng zhàng

大陆 · Mainland
精神病 jīng shén bìng · ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄣˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ HSK 7-9 →

What differs, and by how much

Different wording The two terms share 精 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 精障; on the Mainland it is 精神病 - both point at “mental disorder”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 精障、精神病 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.

精神病 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.

Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.

Side by side

	Taiwan · 台灣	Mainland · 大陆
Written form	精障	精神病
Reading	ㄐㄧㄥㄓㄤˋ jīng zhàng	jīng shén bìng ㄐㄧㄥㄕㄣˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ
Senses	mental disorder	mental disorder; psychosis
Syllabus	—	HSK 7-9
MOE records	精障 · 精神病
Dictionary	not in the LinZi dictionary	entry →
Audio	—

In context

“精神病” in a sentence

过于上网不是跟医学或精神病有关的事情。

Excessive use of the Internet is not a medical or psychiatric issue.

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