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default (setting) · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 預設; on the Mainland it is 默认 - both point at “default (setting)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 預設、默認 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 預設 | 默认 |
| Reading | ㄩˋ ㄕㄜˋ yù shè | mò rèn ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄣˋ |
| Senses | to presuppose; to predispose; to preset | to agree tacitly; tacit approval; default (setting) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 預設 · 默認 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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