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supercomputer · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 超级 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 超級電腦; on the Mainland it is 超级计算机 - both point at “supercomputer”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 超級電腦、超級計算機 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 | 超級電腦 | 超级计算机 |
| Reading | ㄔㄠ ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ chāo jí diàn nǎo | chāo jí jì suàn jī ㄔㄠ ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧ |
| Senses | supercomputer | supercomputer |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 超級電腦 · 超級計算機 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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