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Managua, capital of Nicaragua · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 馬拿瓜; on the Mainland it is 马那瓜 - both point at “Managua, capital of Nicaragua”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 馬拿瓜、馬那瓜 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 | 馬拿瓜 | 马那瓜 |
| Reading | ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄚ mǎ ná guā | mǎ nà guā ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄚˋ ㄍㄨㄚ |
| Senses | Managua, capital of Nicaragua | Managua, capital of Nicaragua |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 馬拿瓜 · 馬那瓜 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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