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inflation · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 通膨 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 通膨; on the Mainland it is 通货膨胀 - both point at “inflation”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 通膨、通貨膨脹 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 | 通膨 | 通货膨胀 |
| Reading | ㄊㄨㄥ ㄆㄥˊ tōng péng | tōng huò péng zhàng ㄊㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄆㄥˊ ㄓㄤˋ |
| Senses | inflation | inflation |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 通膨 · 通貨膨脹 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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