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Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 斯贝巴 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 阿迪斯阿貝巴; on the Mainland it is 亚的斯亚贝巴 - both point at “Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 阿迪斯阿貝巴、亞的斯亞貝巴 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 | 阿迪斯阿貝巴 | 亚的斯亚贝巴 |
| Reading | ㄚ ㄉㄧˊ ㄙ ㄚ ㄅㄟˋ ㄅㄚ ā dí sī ā bèi bā | yà de sī yà bèi bā ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄙ ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄅㄚ |
| Senses | Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 阿迪斯阿貝巴 · 亞的斯亞貝巴 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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