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tomato · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 番茄; on the Mainland it is 西红柿 - both point at “tomato”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 番茄、西紅柿 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
西红柿 is HSK 5 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 | 番茄 | 西红柿 |
| Reading | ㄈㄢ ㄑㄧㄝˊ fān qié | xī hóng shì ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕˋ |
| Senses | tomato | tomato |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 5 |
| MOE records | 番茄 · 西紅柿 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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