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garden party · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 园游会 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 園遊會; on the Mainland it is 游园会 - both point at “garden party”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 園遊會、遊園會 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 | 園遊會 | 游园会 |
| Reading | ㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ yuán yóu huì | yóu yuán huì ㄧㄡˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ |
| Senses | garden party | garden party |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 園遊會 · 遊園會 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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