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elementary school · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 小学 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 國民小學; on the Mainland it is 小学 - both point at “elementary school”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 國民小學、小學 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
小学 is HSK 1 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 國民小學 | 小学 |
| Reading | ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ guó mín xiǎo xué | xiǎo xué ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ |
| Senses | elementary school | elementary school; primary school |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 1 |
| MOE records | 國民小學 · 小學 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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