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優格 vs 酸奶

yogurt · Different everyday word

台灣 · Taiwan
優格 ㄧㄡ ㄍㄜˊ · yōu gé
vs
大陆 · Mainland
酸奶 suān nǎi · ㄙㄨㄢ ㄋㄞˇ HSK 4 →

What differs, and by how much

Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 優格; on the Mainland it is 酸奶 - both point at “yogurt”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 優格、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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.

Side by side

Taiwan · 台灣Mainland · 大陆
Written form 優格 酸奶
Reading ㄧㄡ ㄍㄜˊ yōu gé suān nǎi ㄙㄨㄢ ㄋㄞˇ
Senses yogurt yogurt
Syllabus — HSK 4
MOE records 優格 · 酸奶
Dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary entry →
Audio —

In context

“酸奶” in a sentence
你最喜欢哪一种酸奶?
What sort of yogurt do you like best?

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