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fast food · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 速食; on the Mainland it is 快餐 - both point at “fast food”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 速食、快餐 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
快餐 is HSK 2 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 速食 | 快餐 |
| Reading | ㄙㄨˋ ㄕˊ sù shí | kuài cān ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄘㄢ |
| Senses | fast food | fast food; snack; quick meal |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 2 |
| MOE records | 速食 · 快餐 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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