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earthquake epicenter · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 震央; on the Mainland it is 震中 - both point at “earthquake epicenter”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 震央、震中 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 | 震央 | 震中 |
| Reading | ㄓㄣˋ ㄧㄤ zhèn yāng | zhèn zhōng ㄓㄣˋ ㄓㄨㄥ |
| Senses | earthquake epicenter | earthquake epicenter |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 震央 · 震中 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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