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variable factor · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 變數; on the Mainland it is 变量 - both point at “variable factor”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 變數、變量 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: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 變數 | 变量 |
| Reading | ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄕㄨˋ biàn shù | biàn liàng ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄤˋ |
| Senses | variable factor; uncertainties; (math.) a variable | variable (math.) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 變數 · 變量 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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