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(seismology) Richter scale · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 氏 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 芮氏規模; on the Mainland it is 里氏震级 - both point at “(seismology) Richter scale”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 芮氏規模、裏氏震級 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 | 芮氏規模 | 里氏震级 |
| Reading | ㄕˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄇㄛˊ shì guī mó | lǐ shì zhèn jí ㄌㄧˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧˊ |
| Senses | (seismology) Richter scale | (seismology) Richter scale |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 芮氏規模 · 裏氏震級 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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