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ventolin, aka salbutamol, an asthma drug · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 林 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 泛得林; on the Mainland it is 万托林 - both point at “ventolin, aka salbutamol, an asthma drug”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 泛得林、萬托林 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 | 泛得林 | 万托林 |
| Reading | ㄈㄢˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ fàn dé lín | wàn tuō lín ㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄧㄣˊ |
| Senses | ventolin, aka salbutamol, an asthma drug | ventolin, aka salbutamol, an asthma drug |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 泛得林 · 萬托林 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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