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metacognition · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 认知 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 後設認知; on the Mainland it is 元认知 - both point at “metacognition”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 後設認知、元認知 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 | 後設認知 | 元认知 |
| Reading | ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄜˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄓ hòu shè rèn zhī | yuán rèn zhī ㄩㄢˊ ㄖㄣˋ ㄓ |
| Senses | metacognition | metacognition |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 後設認知 · 元認知 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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