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aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 天冬胺酸; on the Mainland it is 天冬氨酸 - both point at “aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 天冬胺酸、天冬氨酸 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: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 天冬胺酸 | 天冬氨酸 |
| Reading | ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄢ tiān dōng àn suān | tiān dōng ān suān ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄢ ㄙㄨㄢ |
| Senses | aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid | aspartic acid (Asp), an amino acid |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 天冬胺酸 · 天冬氨酸 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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