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Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 古西加巴 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 德古西加巴; on the Mainland it is 特古西加尔巴 - both point at “Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 德古西加巴、特古西加爾巴 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 | 德古西加巴 | 特古西加尔巴 |
| Reading | ㄉㄜˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄅㄚ dé gǔ xī jiā bā | tè gǔ xī jiā ěr bā ㄊㄜˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄦˇ ㄅㄚ |
| Senses | Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras | Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 德古西加巴 · 特古西加爾巴 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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