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beautiful woman · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 正妹; on the Mainland it is 美女 - both point at “beautiful woman”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 正妹、美女 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
美女 is HSK 4 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 正妹 | 美女 |
| Reading | ㄓㄥˋ ㄇㄟˋ zhèng mèi | měi nǚ ㄇㄟˇ ㄋㄩˇ |
| Senses | beautiful woman | beautiful woman |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 4 |
| MOE records | 正妹 · 美女 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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