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salmon · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 鱼 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 鮭魚; on the Mainland it is 三文鱼 - both point at “salmon”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 鮭魚、三文魚 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 鮭魚 | 三文鱼 |
| Reading | ㄍㄨㄟ ㄩˊ guī yú | sān wén yú ㄙㄢ ㄨㄣˊ ㄩˊ |
| Senses | salmon; trout | salmon (loanword) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 鮭魚 · 三文魚 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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