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menstrual leave · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 假 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 生理假; on the Mainland it is 痛经假 - both point at “menstrual leave”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 生理假、痛經假 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 | 生理假 | 痛经假 |
| Reading | ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ shēng lǐ jiǎ | tòng jīng jiǎ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄚˇ |
| Senses | menstrual leave | menstrual leave |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 生理假 · 痛經假 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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