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Libreville, capital of Gabon · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 自由市; on the Mainland it is 利伯维尔 - both point at “Libreville, capital of Gabon”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 自由市、利伯維爾 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 | 自由市 | 利伯维尔 |
| Reading | ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄕˋ zì yóu shì | lì bó wéi ěr ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄛˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄦˇ |
| Senses | Libreville, capital of Gabon | Libreville, capital of Gabon |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 自由市 · 利伯維爾 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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