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Teflon · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 龙 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 鐵氟龍; on the Mainland it is 特富龙 - both point at “Teflon”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 鐵氟龍、特富龍 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 | 鐵氟龍 | 特富龙 |
| Reading | ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ tiě fú lóng | tè fù lóng ㄊㄜˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ |
| Senses | Teflon | Teflon |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 鐵氟龍 · 特富龍 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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