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Islamabad, capital of Pakistan · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 伊斯兰 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 伊斯蘭馬巴德; on the Mainland it is 伊斯兰堡 - both point at “Islamabad, capital of Pakistan”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 伊斯蘭馬巴德、伊斯蘭堡 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 | 伊斯蘭馬巴德 | 伊斯兰堡 |
| Reading | ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄅㄚ ㄉㄜˊ yī sī lán mǎ bā dé | yī sī lán bǎo ㄧ ㄙ ㄌㄢˊ ㄅㄠˇ |
| Senses | Islamabad, capital of Pakistan | Islamabad, capital of Pakistan |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 伊斯蘭馬巴德 · 伊斯蘭堡 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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