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wasabi (loanword) · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 哇沙比; on the Mainland it is 山葵 - both point at “wasabi (loanword)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 哇沙比、山葵 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 | 哇沙比 | 山葵 |
| Reading | ㄨㄚ˙ ㄕㄚ ㄅㄧˇ wa shā bǐ | shān kuí ㄕㄢ ㄎㄨㄟˊ |
| Senses | wasabi (loanword) | wasabi (loanword) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 哇沙比 · 山葵 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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