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object · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 物件; on the Mainland it is 对象 - both point at “object”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 物件、對象 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
对象 is HSK 3 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 | 物件 | 对象 |
| Reading | ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ wù jiàn | duì xiàng ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ |
| Senses | object | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 3 |
| MOE records | 物件 · 對象 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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