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leave of absence without pay · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 留职停薪 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 留職停薪; on the Mainland it is 停薪留职 - both point at “leave of absence without pay”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 留職停薪、停薪留職 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 | 留職停薪 | 停薪留职 |
| Reading | ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ liú zhí tíng xīn | tíng xīn liú zhí ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓˊ |
| Senses | leave of absence without pay | leave of absence without pay |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 留職停薪 · 停薪留職 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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