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Laos · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 寮國; on the Mainland it is 老挝 - both point at “Laos”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 寮國、老挝 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 寮國 | 老挝 |
| Reading | ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ liáo guó | lǎo wo ㄌㄠˇ |
| Senses | Laos | Laos |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 寮國 · 老挝 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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