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to take a sample · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 取樣; on the Mainland it is 采样 - both point at “to take a sample”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 取樣、採樣 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
取樣 is L5 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list.
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 | 取樣 | 采样 |
| Reading | ㄑㄩˇ ㄧㄤˋ qǔ yàng | cǎi yàng ㄘㄞˇ ㄧㄤˋ |
| Senses | to take a sample | sampling |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L5 | — |
| MOE records | 取樣 · 採樣 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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