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program · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 程式; on the Mainland it is 程序 - both point at “program”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 程式、程序 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
程式 is L5 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 程序 is HSK 4 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 程式 | 程序 |
| Reading | ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ chéng shì | chéng xù ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄩˋ |
| Senses | form; pattern; formula | procedures; sequence; order |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L5 | HSK 4 |
| MOE records | 程式 · 程序 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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