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(computing) firmware · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 韌體; on the Mainland it is 固件 - both point at “(computing) firmware”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 韌體、固件 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: 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 | 韌體 | 固件 |
| Reading | ㄖㄣˋ ㄊㄧˇ rèn tǐ | gù jiàn ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ |
| Senses | (computing) firmware | (computing) firmware |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 韌體 · 固件 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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