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calculator · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 計算機; on the Mainland it is 计算器 - both point at “calculator”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 計算機、計算器 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: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 計算機 | 计算器 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧ jì suàn jī | jì suàn qì ㄐㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋ |
| Senses | computer; (Tw) calculator | calculator; calculating machine |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 計算機 · 計算器 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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