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software · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 軟體; on the Mainland it is 软件 - both point at “software”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 軟體、軟件 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
軟體 is L5 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 软件 is HSK 5 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 | 軟體 | 软件 |
| Reading | ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄧˇ ruǎn tǐ | ruǎn jiàn ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ |
| Senses | (of an animal) soft-bodied; (Tw) software | software |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L5 | HSK 5 |
| MOE records | 軟體 · 軟件 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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