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Praia, capital of Cape Verde · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 亚 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 培亞; on the Mainland it is 普拉亚 - both point at “Praia, capital of Cape Verde”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 培亞、普拉亞 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 | 培亞 | 普拉亚 |
| Reading | ㄆㄟˊ ㄧㄚˋ péi yà | pǔ lā yà ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄚ ㄧㄚˋ |
| Senses | Praia, capital of Cape Verde | Praia, capital of Cape Verde |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 培亞 · 普拉亞 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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