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乳酪 vs 奶酪

cheese · Preferred written form

台灣 · Taiwan
乳酪 ㄖㄨˇ ㄌㄠˋ · rǔ lào
vs
大陆 · Mainland
奶酪 nǎi lào · ㄋㄞˇ ㄌㄠˋ

What differs, and by how much

Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 乳酪; on the Mainland it is 奶酪 - both point at “cheese”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 乳酪、奶酪 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: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.

Side by side

Taiwan · 台灣Mainland · 大陆
Written form 乳酪 奶酪
Reading ㄖㄨˇ ㄌㄠˋ rǔ lào nǎi lào ㄋㄞˇ ㄌㄠˋ
Senses cheese cheese
Syllabus — —
MOE records 乳酪 · 奶酪
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Audio

In context

“奶酪” in a sentence
奶酪是用奶做成的。
Cheese is made from milk.
“乳酪” in a sentence
我们把牛奶制成乳酪和奶油。
We make milk into cheese and butter.

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