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(loanword) purine · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 普林; on the Mainland it is 嘌呤 - both point at “(loanword) purine”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 普林、嘌呤 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 | 普林 | 嘌呤 |
| Reading | ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄣˊ pǔ lín | piào lìng ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ |
| Senses | (loanword) purine | purine (loanword) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 普林 · 嘌呤 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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