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samba (loanword) · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 巴 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 森巴舞; on the Mainland it is 桑巴 - both point at “samba (loanword)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 森巴舞、桑巴 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 | 森巴舞 | 桑巴 |
| Reading | ㄙㄣ ㄅㄚ ㄨˇ sēn bā wǔ | sāng bā ㄙㄤ ㄅㄚ |
| Senses | samba (loanword) | samba (dance) (loanword) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 森巴舞 · 桑巴 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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