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CD or DVD Drive · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 光 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 光碟機; on the Mainland it is 光驱 - both point at “CD or DVD Drive”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 光碟機、光驅 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 | 光碟機 | 光驱 |
| Reading | ㄍㄨㄤ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧ guāng dié jī | guāng qū ㄍㄨㄤ ㄑㄩ |
| Senses | CD or DVD Drive | CD or DVD Drive; abbr. for 光盤驅動器|光盘驱动器 (光盤驅動器|光盘驱动器 · CD or DVD drive) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 光碟機 · 光驅 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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