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data · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 資料; on the Mainland it is 数据 - both point at “data”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 資料、數據 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
資料 is L2 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 数据 is HSK 4 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 | 資料 | 数据 |
| Reading | ㄗ ㄌㄧㄠˋ zī liào | shù jù ㄕㄨˋ ㄐㄩˋ |
| Senses | material; resources; data | data |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L2 | HSK 4 |
| MOE records | 資料 · 數據 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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