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(computing) (loanword) hacker · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 駭客; on the Mainland it is 黑客 - both point at “(computing) (loanword) hacker”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 駭客、黑客 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
黑客 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
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 | 駭客 | 黑客 |
| Reading | ㄏㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ hài kè | hēi kè ㄏㄟ ㄎㄜˋ |
| Senses | (computing) (loanword) hacker | (computing) (loanword) hacker |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 駭客 · 黑客 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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