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function · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 函式; on the Mainland it is 函数 - both point at “function”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 函式、函數 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 | 函式 | 函数 |
| Reading | ㄏㄢˊ ㄕˋ hán shì | hán shù ㄏㄢˊ ㄕㄨˋ |
| Senses | function | function (math.) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 函式 · 函數 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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