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Valletta, capital of Malta · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 瓦 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 瓦勒他; on the Mainland it is 瓦莱塔 - both point at “Valletta, capital of Malta”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 瓦勒他、瓦萊塔 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 | 瓦勒他 | 瓦莱塔 |
| Reading | ㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄟ ㄊㄚ wǎ lēi tā | wǎ lái tǎ ㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄊㄚˇ |
| Senses | Valletta, capital of Malta | Valletta, capital of Malta |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 瓦勒他 · 瓦萊塔 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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