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liberal profession · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 自由业 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 自由業; on the Mainland it is 自由职业 - both point at “liberal profession”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 自由業、自由職業 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 | 自由業 | 自由职业 |
| Reading | ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄝˋ zì yóu yè | zì yóu zhí yè ㄗˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄓˊ ㄧㄝˋ |
| Senses | liberal profession | liberal profession; profession practiced independently rather than as an employee |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 自由業 · 自由職業 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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