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七號電池 vs 四号电池

AAA battery · Preferred written form

台灣 · Taiwan
七號電池 ㄑㄧ ㄏㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔˊ · qī hào diàn chí
vs
大陆 · Mainland
四号电池 sì hào diàn chí · ㄙˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔˊ

What differs, and by how much

Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 七號電池; on the Mainland it is 四号电池 - both point at “AAA battery”.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 七號電池、四號電池 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.

Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.

Pair source: CC-CEDICT’s explicit “Taiwan/PRC equivalent” notes.

Side by side

Taiwan · 台灣Mainland · 大陆
Written form 七號電池 四号电池
Reading ㄑㄧ ㄏㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔˊ qī hào diàn chí sì hào diàn chí ㄙˋ ㄏㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄔˊ
Senses AAA battery AAA battery
Syllabus — —
MOE records 七號電池 · 四號電池
Dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary not in the LinZi dictionary
Audio — —

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