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Connecticut, US state · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 康狄 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 康乃狄克; on the Mainland it is 康涅狄格 - both point at “Connecticut, US state”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 康乃狄克、康涅狄格 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: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 康乃狄克 | 康涅狄格 |
| Reading | ㄎㄤ ㄋㄞˇ ㄉㄧˊ ㄎㄜˋ kāng nǎi dí kè | kāng nie dí gé ㄎㄤ ㄉㄧˊ ㄍㄜˊ |
| Senses | Connecticut, US state | Connecticut, US state |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 康乃狄克 · 康涅狄格 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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