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computer mouse · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 鼠 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 滑鼠; on the Mainland it is 鼠标 - both point at “computer mouse”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 滑鼠、鼠標 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
鼠标 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 | 滑鼠 | 鼠标 |
| Reading | ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄕㄨˇ huá shǔ | shǔ biāo ㄕㄨˇ ㄅㄧㄠ |
| Senses | computer mouse | (computing) mouse |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 5 |
| MOE records | 滑鼠 · 鼠標 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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