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Illinois, US state · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 伊利诺 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 伊利諾; on the Mainland it is 伊利诺伊 - both point at “Illinois, US state”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 伊利諾、伊利諾伊 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: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 伊利諾 | 伊利诺伊 |
| Reading | ㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄋㄨㄛˋ yī lì nuò | yī lì nuò yī ㄧ ㄌㄧˋ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄧ |
| Senses | Illinois, US state | Illinois, US state |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 伊利諾 · 伊利諾伊 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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