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ugly girl (slang) · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 龙妹 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 龍妹; on the Mainland it is 恐龙妹 - both point at “ugly girl (slang)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 龍妹、恐龍妹 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 | 龍妹 | 恐龙妹 |
| Reading | ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄟˋ lóng mèi | kǒng lóng mèi ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄟˋ |
| Senses | ugly girl (slang) | ugly girl (slang) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 龍妹 · 恐龍妹 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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