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Montevideo, capital of Uruguay · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 蒙维 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 蒙特維多; on the Mainland it is 蒙得维的亚 - both point at “Montevideo, capital of Uruguay”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 蒙特維多、蒙得維的亞 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 | 蒙特維多 | 蒙得维的亚 |
| Reading | ㄇㄥ ㄊㄜˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄨㄛ mēng tè wéi duō | mēng dé wéi de yà ㄇㄥ ㄉㄜˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄧㄚˋ |
| Senses | Montevideo, capital of Uruguay | Montevideo, capital of Uruguay |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 蒙特維多 · 蒙得維的亞 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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