Looking-up Differences Between Taiwan Mandarin vs. Mainland Mandarin

[Luobot]

I’m looking for an online listing of Mandarin words that are pronounced differently in Taiwan versus mainland China (preferably using Pinyin to show the different pronunciation). This could be a simple listing of just those words that are pronounced differently, or it could be a full Taiwanese-oriented Mandarin-Pinyin dictionary.

Does anyone know of such a link to something online where I can lookup differences?

[HashiriKata]

I don't remember precisely but there have been a few threads here about the differences in pronunciation between the two. Can you try a few searches of the forums?

[wai ming]

The 國語辭典, run by the Taiwanese Ministry of Education, follows Taiwanese (Mandarin) pronunciation. It uses zhuyin and some Taiwanese version of romanisation (I don't think it's tongyong, but I could be wrong) - but it's not hard to read.

[Luobot]

wai ming - Thanks for the link, but I'm afraid that Pinyin is my best (no, actually my only) pronunciation tool.

HashiriKata - I did a quick search before posting, and just now I did a more thorough thread by thread search. I did find the following:

http://zhongwen.com/x/guopu.htm

But I'd still like to find a dictionary lookup or something in the following format, where the dot.dot.dots are pinyin words.

Mainland Mandarin Taiwan Mandarin

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........................... .......................

........................... .......................

So the search goes on ...

[chinesetools]

Not on-line, but exactly what your are looking for, is the 两岸现代汉语常用词典 "Dictionary of Modern Chinese Across the Straits" available at http://www.chinabooks.com/cart/product.php?productid=18607&cat=8&page=1 and many other places.

This wonderful dictionary compares Chinese as used in Taiwan and the mainland, showing the traditional/simplified character equivalences, the pronounciation differences, even which words are more popular in which area. A very useful dictionary for people who deal with both the mainland and Taiwan.

A Taiwan-published version of this also came out recently.

[Luobot]

Dictionary of Modern Chinese Across the Straits

Thanks, ChineseTools. It sure has the right title. If there aren't any online lookups, then this may be my best bet.