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microeconomics · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 经济学 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 個體經濟學; on the Mainland it is 微观经济学 - both point at “microeconomics”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 個體經濟學、微觀經濟學 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 | 個體經濟學 | 微观经济学 |
| Reading | ㄍㄜˋ ㄊㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ gè tǐ jīng jì xué | wēi guān jīng jì xué ㄨㄟ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ |
| Senses | microeconomics | microeconomics |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 個體經濟學 · 微觀經濟學 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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