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Isle of Man, British Isles · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 岛 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 曼島; on the Mainland it is 马恩岛 - both point at “Isle of Man, British Isles”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 曼島、馬恩島 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 | 曼島 | 马恩岛 |
| Reading | ㄇㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ màn dǎo | mǎ ēn dǎo ㄇㄚˇ ㄣ ㄉㄠˇ |
| Senses | Isle of Man, British Isles | Isle of Man, British Isles |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 曼島 · 馬恩島 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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