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air conditioning · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 冷氣; on the Mainland it is 空调 - both point at “air conditioning”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 冷氣、空調 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
空调 is HSK 3 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 冷氣 | 空调 |
| Reading | ㄌㄥˇ ㄑㄧˋ lěng qì | kōng tiáo ㄎㄨㄥ ㄊㄧㄠˊ |
| Senses | cold air; air conditioning | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 3 |
| MOE records | 冷氣 · 空調 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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