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time capsule · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 时囊 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 時空膠囊; on the Mainland it is 时间囊 - both point at “time capsule”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 時空膠囊、時間囊 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 | 時空膠囊 | 时间囊 |
| Reading | ㄕˊ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄋㄤˊ shí kōng jiāo náng | shí jiān náng ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄋㄤˊ |
| Senses | time capsule | time capsule |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 時空膠囊 · 時間囊 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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