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Manama, capital of Bahrain · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 纳 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 麥納瑪; on the Mainland it is 马纳马 - both point at “Manama, capital of Bahrain”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 麥納瑪、馬納馬 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 | 麥納瑪 | 马纳马 |
| Reading | ㄇㄞˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ mài nà mǎ | mǎ nà mǎ ㄇㄚˇ ㄋㄚˋ ㄇㄚˇ |
| Senses | Manama, capital of Bahrain | Manama, capital of Bahrain |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 麥納瑪 · 馬納馬 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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