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(computing) menu bar · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 单 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 選單列; on the Mainland it is 菜单栏 - both point at “(computing) menu bar”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 選單列、菜單欄 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 | 選單列 | 菜单栏 |
| Reading | ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄉㄢ ㄌㄧㄝˋ xuǎn dān liè | cài dān lán ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄢ ㄌㄢˊ |
| Senses | (computing) menu bar | (computing) menu bar |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 選單列 · 菜單欄 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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