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khaki · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 國防色; on the Mainland it is 卡其 - both point at “khaki”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 國防色、卡其 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 | 國防色 | 卡其 |
| Reading | ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄤˊ ㄙㄜˋ guó fáng sè | kǎ qí ㄎㄚˇ ㄑㄧˊ |
| Senses | khaki | khaki (loanword) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 國防色 · 卡其 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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