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