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briefcase · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 公事包; on the Mainland it is 公文包 - both point at “briefcase”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 公事包、公文包 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 公事包 | 公文包 |
| Reading | ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˋ ㄅㄠ gōng shì bāo | gōng wén bāo ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄠ |
| Senses | briefcase | briefcase; attaché case |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 公事包 · 公文包 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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