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Nicosia, capital of Cyprus · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 尼古西亞; on the Mainland it is 尼科西亚 - both point at “Nicosia, capital of Cyprus”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 尼古西亞、尼科西亞 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 | 尼古西亞 | 尼科西亚 |
| Reading | ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˋ ní gǔ xī yà | ní kē xī yà ㄋㄧˊ ㄎㄜ ㄒㄧ ㄧㄚˋ |
| Senses | Nicosia, capital of Cyprus | Nicosia, capital of Cyprus |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 尼古西亞 · 尼科西亞 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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