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yuppie (loanword) · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 雅 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 雅痞; on the Mainland it is 雅皮士 - both point at “yuppie (loanword)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 雅痞、雅皮士 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 | 雅痞 | 雅皮士 |
| Reading | ㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄧˇ yǎ pǐ | yǎ pí shì ㄧㄚˇ ㄆㄧˊ ㄕˋ |
| Senses | yuppie (loanword) | yuppie (loanword) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 雅痞 · 雅皮士 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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