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text message · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 簡訊; on the Mainland it is 短信 - both point at “text message”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 簡訊、短信 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
短信 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 | 簡訊 | 短信 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄩㄣˋ jiǎn xùn | duǎn xìn ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄣˋ |
| Senses | newsletter; the news in brief; (Tw) SMS message | text message; SMS |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 2 |
| MOE records | 簡訊 · 短信 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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