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taxi · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 车 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 計程車; on the Mainland it is 出租车 - both point at “taxi”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 計程車、出租車、出租汽車、的士 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
計程車 is Novice 2 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 出租车 is HSK 2 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 | 計程車 | 出租车 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄜ jì chéng chē | chū zū chē ㄔㄨ ㄗㄨ ㄔㄜ |
| Senses | (Tw) taxi; cab | taxi; (Tw) rental car |
| Syllabus | TOCFL Novice 2 | HSK 2 |
| MOE records | 計程車 · 出租車 · 出租汽車 · 的士 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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