Home/Taiwanese Mandarin/All pairs/聖荷西 vs 圣何塞
San Jose · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 圣 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 聖荷西; on the Mainland it is 圣何塞 - both point at “San Jose”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 聖荷西、聖何塞 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 | 聖荷西 | 圣何塞 |
| Reading | ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧ shèng hé xī | shèng hé sāi ㄕㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄙㄞ |
| Senses | San Jose | San Jose |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 聖荷西 · 聖何塞 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
Taiwan vs Mainland explorer (search all 953 pairs, random pair, MOE reading table) · every pair, A–Z · MOE standard characters · learning Mandarin for Taiwan · dictionary