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to install · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 裝置; on the Mainland it is 设备 - both point at “to install”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 裝置、設備 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
裝置 is L5 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 设备 is HSK 3 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 | 裝置 | 设备 |
| Reading | ㄓㄨㄤ ㄓˋ zhuāng zhì | shè bèi ㄕㄜˋ ㄅㄟˋ |
| Senses | to install; installation; equipment | equipment; facilities; installations |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L5 | HSK 3 |
| MOE records | 裝置 · 設備 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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