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nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 奈秒; on the Mainland it is 纳秒 - both point at “nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 奈秒、納秒 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 | 奈秒 | 纳秒 |
| Reading | ㄋㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄠˇ nài miǎo | nà miǎo ㄋㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄠˇ |
| Senses | nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s | nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC); Taiwan equivalent: 奈秒 |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 奈秒 · 納秒 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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