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programming language · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 语言 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 程式語言; on the Mainland it is 电脑语言 - both point at “programming language”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 程式語言、電腦語言 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 | 程式語言 | 电脑语言 |
| Reading | ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ chéng shì yǔ yán | diàn nǎo yǔ yán ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ ㄩˇ ㄧㄢˊ |
| Senses | programming language | programming language |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 程式語言 · 電腦語言 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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