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laser · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 雷射; on the Mainland it is 激光 - both point at “laser”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 雷射、激光 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
激光 is HSK 7-9 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 | 雷射 | 激光 |
| Reading | ㄌㄟˊ ㄕㄜˋ léi shè | jī guāng ㄐㄧ ㄍㄨㄤ |
| Senses | laser (loanword used in Taiwan); also written 鐳射|镭射 (鐳射|镭射 · laser (loanword)) | laser |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 雷射 · 激光 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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