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server · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 服器 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 伺服器; on the Mainland it is 服务器 - both point at “server”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 伺服器、服務器 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
服务器 is HSK 7-9 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 | 伺服器 | 服务器 |
| Reading | ㄘˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄑㄧˋ cì fú qì | fú wù qì ㄈㄨˊ ㄨˋ ㄑㄧˋ |
| Senses | server | server (computer) |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 伺服器 · 服務器 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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