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Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 塔那利佛 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 安塔那那利佛; on the Mainland it is 塔那那利佛 - both point at “Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 安塔那那利佛、塔那那利佛 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 | 安塔那那利佛 | 塔那那利佛 |
| Reading | ㄢ ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄛˊ ān tǎ nà nà lì fó | tǎ nà nà lì fó ㄊㄚˇ ㄋㄚˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄛˊ |
| Senses | Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar | Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 安塔那那利佛 · 塔那那利佛 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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