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列印 vs 打印

to print · Preferred written form

台灣 · Taiwan
列印ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄣˋ · liè yìn

大陆 · Mainland
打印 dǎ yìn · ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄣˋ HSK 2 →

What differs, and by how much

Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 列印; on the Mainland it is 打印 - both point at “to print”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 列印、打印 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.

打印 is HSK 2 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.

Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.

Side by side

	Taiwan · 台灣	Mainland · 大陆
Written form	列印	打印
Reading	ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄣˋ liè yìn	dǎ yìn ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄣˋ
Senses	to print	to affix a seal; to stamp; to print out (with a printer)
Syllabus	—	HSK 2
MOE records	列印 · 打印
Dictionary	not in the LinZi dictionary	entry →
Audio	—

In context

“打印” in a sentence

因为公司的打印机又坏了，我要去便利店打印文件。

The company printer broke down again, so I'm going to the convenience store to print documents.

Nearby pairs

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