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ukulele (loanword) · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 克 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 烏克麗麗; on the Mainland it is 尤克里里 - both point at “ukulele (loanword)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 烏克麗麗、尤克裏裏 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 | 烏克麗麗 | 尤克里里 |
| Reading | ㄨ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ wū kè lì lì | yóu kè lǐ lǐ ㄧㄡˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄧˇ |
| Senses | ukulele (loanword) | ukulele (loanword) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 烏克麗麗 · 尤克裏裏 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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