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Maputo, capital of Mozambique · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 马 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 馬布多; on the Mainland it is 马普托 - both point at “Maputo, capital of Mozambique”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 馬布多、馬普托 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 | 馬布多 | 马普托 |
| Reading | ㄇㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄛ mǎ bù duō | mǎ pǔ tuō ㄇㄚˇ ㄆㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄛ |
| Senses | Maputo, capital of Mozambique | Maputo, capital of Mozambique |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 馬布多 · 馬普托 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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