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video game · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 电玩 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 電動玩具; on the Mainland it is 电玩 - both point at “video game”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 電動玩具、電玩 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 | 電動玩具 | 电玩 |
| Reading | ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄩˋ diàn dòng wán jù | diàn wán ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄢˊ |
| Senses | video game | video game |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 電動玩具 · 電玩 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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