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intensive care unit (ICU) · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 护 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 加護病房; on the Mainland it is 重症监护室 - both point at “intensive care unit (ICU)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 加護病房、重症監護室 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 | 加護病房 | 重症监护室 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧㄚ ㄏㄨˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄈㄤˊ jiā hù bìng fáng | zhòng zhèng jiān hù shì ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄏㄨˋ ㄕˋ |
| Senses | intensive care unit (ICU) | intensive care unit (ICU) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 加護病房 · 重症監護室 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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