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triathlon · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 三铁 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 三鐵; on the Mainland it is 铁人三项 - both point at “triathlon”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 三鐵、鐵人三項 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 | 三鐵 | 铁人三项 |
| Reading | ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄝˇ sān tiě | tiě rén sān xiàng ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄤˋ |
| Senses | triathlon | triathlon |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 三鐵 · 鐵人三項 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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