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kindergarten · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 幼稚園; on the Mainland it is 幼儿园 - both point at “kindergarten”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 幼稚園、幼兒園 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
幼儿园 is HSK 4 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 幼稚園 | 幼儿园 |
| Reading | ㄧㄡˋ ㄓˋ ㄩㄢˊ yòu zhì yuán | yòu ér yuán ㄧㄡˋ ㄦˊ ㄩㄢˊ |
| Senses | kindergarten (Tw) | kindergarten; nursery school |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 4 |
| MOE records | 幼稚園 · 幼兒園 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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