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probability · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 機率; on the Mainland it is 概率 - both point at “probability”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 概率、或然率、機會率、幾率 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
機率 is L5 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 概率 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 | 機率 | 概率 also 几率 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧ ㄌㄩˋ jī lǜ | gài lǜ ㄍㄞˋ ㄌㄩˋ |
| Senses | (Tw) (math.) probability | probability (math.) |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L5 | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 概率 · 或然率 · 機會率 · 幾率 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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