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bicycle · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 车 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 腳踏車; on the Mainland it is 自行车 - both point at “bicycle”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 腳踏車、自行車 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
自行车 is HSK 2 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 腳踏車 | 自行车 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄚˋ ㄔㄜ jiǎo tà chē | zì xíng chē ㄗˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄜ |
| Senses | (Tw) bicycle; bike | bicycle; bike |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 2 |
| MOE records | 腳踏車 · 自行車 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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