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assistant manager (in a large enterprise) · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 襄理; on the Mainland it is 协理 - both point at “assistant manager (in a large enterprise)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 襄理、協理 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 | 襄理 | 协理 |
| Reading | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄌㄧˇ xiāng lǐ | xié lǐ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄧˇ |
| Senses | assistant manager (in a large enterprise) | assistant manager; to assist in managing |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 襄理 · 協理 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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