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hickey · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 草莓; on the Mainland it is 吻痕 - both point at “hickey”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 草莓、吻痕 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 | 草莓 | 吻痕 |
| Reading | ㄘㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ cǎo méi | wěn hén ㄨㄣˇ ㄏㄣˊ |
| Senses | strawberry; (Tw) hickey; love bite | hickey |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 草莓 · 吻痕 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | |
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