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superglue · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 胶 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 三秒膠; on the Mainland it is 强力胶 - both point at “superglue”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 三秒膠、強力膠 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 | 三秒膠 | 强力胶 |
| Reading | ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄠ sān miǎo jiāo | qiáng lì jiāo ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠ |
| Senses | superglue | superglue |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 三秒膠 · 強力膠 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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