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ballad (loanword) · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 芭樂歌; on the Mainland it is 民谣 - both point at “ballad (loanword)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 芭樂歌、民謠 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 | 芭樂歌 | 民谣 |
| Reading | ㄅㄚ ㄌㄜˋ ㄍㄜ bā lè gē | mín yáo ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄠˊ |
| Senses | ballad (loanword) | ballad; folk song |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 芭樂歌 · 民謠 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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