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Silicon Valley · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 矽谷; on the Mainland it is 硅谷 - both point at “Silicon Valley”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 矽谷、硅谷 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 矽谷 | 硅谷 |
| Reading | ㄒㄧˋ ㄍㄨˇ xì gǔ | guī gǔ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄍㄨˇ |
| Senses | Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 矽谷 · 硅谷 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary |
| Audio | — | — |
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