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mile · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 哩; on the Mainland it is 迈 - both point at “mile”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 邁、英里 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
哩 is L5 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 迈 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 哩 | 迈 |
| Reading | ㄌㄧ lī | mài ㄇㄞˋ |
| Senses | mile | to step; to stride; (loanword) mile (esp. in expressions of vehicle speed); old; elderly |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L5 | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 邁 · 英里 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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