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tilapia · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 鱼 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 鯛魚; on the Mainland it is 罗非鱼 - both point at “tilapia”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 鯛魚、羅非魚 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 | 鯛魚 | 罗非鱼 |
| Reading | ㄉㄧㄠ ㄩˊ diāo yú | luó fēi yú ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟ ㄩˊ |
| Senses | porgy; sea bream (family Sparidae); (Tw) tilapia | tilapia |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 鯛魚 · 羅非魚 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
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