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broccoli · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 花 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 綠花椰; on the Mainland it is 西兰花 - both point at “broccoli”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 綠花椰、西蘭花 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 綠花椰 | 西兰花 |
| Reading | ㄌㄩˋ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄧㄝ lǜ huā yē | xī lán huā ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄚ |
| Senses | broccoli | broccoli |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 綠花椰 · 西蘭花 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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