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Skopje, capital of North Macedonia · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 史高比耶; on the Mainland it is 斯科普里 - both point at “Skopje, capital of North Macedonia”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 史高比耶、斯科普裏 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 | 史高比耶 | 斯科普里 |
| Reading | ㄕˇ ㄍㄠ ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄝˊ shǐ gāo bǐ yé | sī kē pǔ lǐ ㄙ ㄎㄜ ㄆㄨˇ ㄌㄧˇ |
| Senses | Skopje, capital of North Macedonia | Skopje, capital of North Macedonia |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 史高比耶 · 斯科普裏 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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