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speed skating · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 速滑 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 競速滑冰; on the Mainland it is 速滑 - both point at “speed skating”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 競速滑冰、速滑 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 | 競速滑冰 | 速滑 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄙㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄧㄥ jìng sù huá bīng | sù huá ㄙㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄚˊ |
| Senses | speed skating | speed skating (abbr. for 速度滑冰) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 競速滑冰 · 速滑 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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