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tactile paving tile · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 盲砖 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 導盲磚; on the Mainland it is 盲道砖 - both point at “tactile paving tile”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 導盲磚、盲道磚 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 | 導盲磚 | 盲道砖 |
| Reading | ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄢ dǎo máng zhuān | máng dào zhuān ㄇㄤˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄢ |
| Senses | tactile paving tile | tactile paving tile |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 導盲磚 · 盲道磚 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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