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to contain · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 含 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 含括; on the Mainland it is 包含 - both point at “to contain”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 含括、包含 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
包含 is HSK 4 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 含括 | 包含 |
| Reading | ㄏㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄛˋ hán kuò | bāo hán ㄅㄠ ㄏㄢˊ |
| Senses | to contain | to contain; to embody; to include |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 4 |
| MOE records | 含括 · 包含 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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