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yogurt (loanword) · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 優酪乳; on the Mainland it is 酸奶 - both point at “yogurt (loanword)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 優酪乳、酸奶 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
酸奶 is HSK 4 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 優酪乳 | 酸奶 |
| Reading | ㄧㄡ ㄌㄠˋ ㄖㄨˇ yōu lào rǔ | suān nǎi ㄙㄨㄢ ㄋㄞˇ |
| Senses | yogurt (loanword) | yogurt |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 4 |
| MOE records | 優酪乳 · 酸奶 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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