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CD · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 光碟; on the Mainland it is 光盘 - both point at “CD”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 光碟、光盤 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
光盘 is HSK 4 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 | 光碟 | 光盘 |
| Reading | ㄍㄨㄤ ㄉㄧㄝˊ guāng dié | guāng pán ㄍㄨㄤ ㄆㄢˊ |
| Senses | optical disc; compact disc; CD | compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 4 |
| MOE records | 光碟 · 光盤 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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