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memory (RAM) · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 記憶體; on the Mainland it is 内存 - both point at “memory (RAM)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 記憶體、內存 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
内存 is HSK 7-9 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 記憶體 | 内存 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧˋ ㄧˋ ㄊㄧˇ jì yì tǐ | nèi cún ㄋㄟˋ ㄘㄨㄣˊ |
| Senses | memory (RAM) | internal storage; computer memory; random access memory (RAM) |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 7-9 |
| MOE records | 記憶體 · 內存 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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