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Thimphu, capital of Bhutan · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 辛布; on the Mainland it is 廷布 - both point at “Thimphu, capital of Bhutan”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 辛布、廷布 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 | 辛布 | 廷布 |
| Reading | ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ xīn bù | tíng bù ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄨˋ |
| Senses | Thimphu, capital of Bhutan | Thimphu, capital of Bhutan |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 辛布 · 廷布 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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