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mechanic · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 黑手; on the Mainland it is 机械师 - both point at “mechanic”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 黑手、機械師 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 | 黑手 | 机械师 |
| Reading | ㄏㄟ ㄕㄡˇ hēi shǒu | jī xiè shī ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄕ |
| Senses | (fig.) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand; (Tw) mechanic | mechanic; engineer; machinist |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 黑手 · 機械師 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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