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nail polish remover · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 水 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 去光水; on the Mainland it is 洗甲水 - both point at “nail polish remover”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 去光水、洗甲水 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 | 去光水 | 洗甲水 |
| Reading | ㄑㄩˋ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄟˇ qù guāng shuǐ | xǐ jiǎ shuǐ ㄒㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ |
| Senses | nail polish remover | nail polish remover |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 去光水 · 洗甲水 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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