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nursing home · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 养院 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 安養院; on the Mainland it is 养老院 - both point at “nursing home”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 安養院、養老院 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
养老院 is HSK 7-9 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 | 安養院 | 养老院 |
| Reading | ㄢ ㄧㄤˇ ㄩㄢˋ ān yǎng yuàn | yǎng lǎo yuàn ㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄩㄢˋ |
| Senses | nursing home | nursing home |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 安養院 · 養老院 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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