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compatible · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 相容; on the Mainland it is 兼容 - both point at “compatible”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 相容、兼容 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
兼容 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 | 相容 | 兼容 |
| Reading | ㄒㄧㄤ ㄖㄨㄥˊ xiāng róng | jiān róng ㄐㄧㄢ ㄖㄨㄥˊ |
| Senses | compatible; consistent; to tolerate (each other) | compatible |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 相容 · 兼容 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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