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niacin · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 烟 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 菸鹼素; on the Mainland it is 烟酸 - both point at “niacin”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 菸鹼素、煙酸 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 | 菸鹼素 | 烟酸 |
| Reading | ㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄨˋ yān jiǎn sù | yān suān ㄧㄢ ㄙㄨㄢ |
| Senses | niacin | niacin (vitamin B3); 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid C6H5NO2; nicotinic acid |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 菸鹼素 · 煙酸 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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