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riviera (loanword) · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 里維耶拉; on the Mainland it is 里维埃拉 - both point at “riviera (loanword)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 里維耶拉、裏維埃拉 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 | 里維耶拉 | 里维埃拉 |
| Reading | ㄌㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄚ lǐ wéi yé lā | lǐ wéi āi lā ㄌㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄞ ㄌㄚ |
| Senses | riviera (loanword) | riviera (loanword) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 里維耶拉 · 裏維埃拉 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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