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programmer · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 程 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 程式設計師; on the Mainland it is 程序员 - both point at “programmer”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 程式設計師、程序員 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 | 程式設計師 | 程序员 |
| Reading | ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄕㄜˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄕ chéng shì shè jì shī | chéng xù yuán ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄩˋ ㄩㄢˊ |
| Senses | programmer | programmer |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 程式設計師 · 程序員 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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