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洋芋片 vs 薯片

potato chips · Different wording

台灣 · Taiwan
洋芋片ㄧㄤˊ ㄩˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ · yáng yù piàn

大陆 · Mainland
薯片 shǔ piàn · ㄕㄨˇ ㄆㄧㄢˋ HSK 6 →

What differs, and by how much

Different wording The two terms share 片 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 洋芋片; on the Mainland it is 薯片 - both point at “potato chips”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 洋芋片、薯片 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.

薯片 is HSK 6 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.

Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.

Side by side

	Taiwan · 台灣	Mainland · 大陆
Written form	洋芋片	薯片
Reading	ㄧㄤˊ ㄩˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋ yáng yù piàn	shǔ piàn ㄕㄨˇ ㄆㄧㄢˋ
Senses	potato chips	fried potato chips
Syllabus	—	HSK 6
MOE records	洋芋片 · 薯片
Dictionary	not in the LinZi dictionary	entry →
Audio	—

In context

“薯片” in a sentence

每个盘子里都有一块薯片。

There was a single potato chip on each plate.

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