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postal code · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 邮 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 郵遞區號; on the Mainland it is 邮政编码 - both point at “postal code”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 郵遞區號、郵政編碼 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 | 郵遞區號 | 邮政编码 |
| Reading | ㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄩ ㄏㄠˋ yóu dì qū hào | yóu zhèng biān mǎ ㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄇㄚˇ |
| Senses | postal code | postal code; zip code |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 郵遞區號 · 郵政編碼 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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