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Sana'a, capital of Yemen · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 沙那; on the Mainland it is 萨那 - both point at “Sana'a, capital of Yemen”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 沙那、薩那 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 | 沙那 | 萨那 |
| Reading | ㄕㄚ ㄋㄚˋ shā nà | sà nà ㄙㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ |
| Senses | Sana'a, capital of Yemen | Sana'a, capital of Yemen |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 沙那 · 薩那 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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