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Reykjavik, capital of Iceland · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 雷克雅維克; on the Mainland it is 雷克雅未克 - both point at “Reykjavik, capital of Iceland”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 雷克雅維克、雷克雅未克 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 | 雷克雅維克 | 雷克雅未克 |
| Reading | ㄌㄟˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄧㄚˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄎㄜˋ léi kè yǎ wéi kè | léi kè yǎ wèi kè ㄌㄟˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄧㄚˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄎㄜˋ |
| Senses | Reykjavik, capital of Iceland | Reykjavik, capital of Iceland |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 雷克雅維克 · 雷克雅未克 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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