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異白胺酸 vs 异亮氨酸

isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid · Different wording

台灣 · Taiwan
異白胺酸 ㄧˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄢ · yì bái àn suān
vs
大陆 · Mainland
异亮氨酸 yì liàng ān suān · ㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄢ ㄙㄨㄢ

What differs, and by how much

Different wording The two terms share 异酸 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 異白胺酸; on the Mainland it is 异亮氨酸 - both point at “isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 異白胺酸、異亮氨酸 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: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.

Side by side

Taiwan · 台灣Mainland · 大陆
Written form 異白胺酸 异亮氨酸
Reading ㄧˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄢ yì bái àn suān yì liàng ān suān ㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄢ ㄙㄨㄢ
Senses isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid isoleucine (Ile), an essential amino acid
Syllabus — —
MOE records 異白胺酸 · 異亮氨酸
Dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary
Audio — —

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