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delivery · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 外送; on the Mainland it is 外卖 - both point at “delivery”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 外送、外賣 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
外卖 is HSK 2 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 外送 | 外卖 |
| Reading | ㄨㄞˋ ㄙㄨㄥˋ wài sòng | wài mài ㄨㄞˋ ㄇㄞˋ |
| Senses | delivery | (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business); takeout (meal) |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 2 |
| MOE records | 外送 · 外賣 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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