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(coll.) postpartum care center · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 月中 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 月中; on the Mainland it is 月子中心 - both point at “(coll.) postpartum care center”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 月中、月子中心 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 | 月中 | 月子中心 |
| Reading | ㄩㄝˋ ㄓㄨㄥ yuè zhōng | yuè zǐ zhōng xīn ㄩㄝˋ ㄗˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄣ |
| Senses | (coll.) postpartum care center | (coll.) postpartum care center |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 月中 · 月子中心 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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