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to dispatch · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 排程; on the Mainland it is 调度 - both point at “to dispatch”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 排程、調度 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
调度 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: the OpenCC cross-strait conversion table, which maps each Mainland term to the form used in Taiwan.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 排程 | 调度 |
| Reading | ㄆㄞˊ ㄔㄥˊ pái chéng | diào dù ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄨˋ |
| Senses | to dispatch | to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 排程 · 調度 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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