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諾羅病毒 vs 诺如病毒

norovirus (loanword) · Preferred written form

台灣 · Taiwan
諾羅病毒 ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ · nuò luó bìng dú
vs
大陆 · Mainland
诺如病毒 nuò rú bìng dú · ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ

What differs, and by how much

Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 諾羅病毒; on the Mainland it is 诺如病毒 - both point at “norovirus (loanword)”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 諾羅病毒、諾如病毒 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.

Side by side

Taiwan · 台灣Mainland · 大陆
Written form 諾羅病毒 诺如病毒
Reading ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ nuò luó bìng dú nuò rú bìng dú ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄨˊ
Senses norovirus (loanword) norovirus (loanword)
Syllabus — —
MOE records 諾羅病毒 · 諾如病毒
Dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary
Audio — —

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