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(bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 九官鳥; on the Mainland it is 鷯哥 - both point at “(bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 九官鳥、鷯哥 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 | 九官鳥 | 鷯哥 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄋㄧㄠˇ jiǔ guān niǎo | liao gē ㄍㄜ |
| Senses | (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) | (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 九官鳥 · 鷯哥 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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