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arithmetic · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 算法 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 演算法; on the Mainland it is 算法 - both point at “arithmetic”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 演算法、算法 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: 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 | 演算法 | 算法 |
| Reading | ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ yǎn suàn fǎ | suàn fǎ ㄙㄨㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ |
| Senses | arithmetic | arithmetic; algorithm; method of calculation |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 演算法 · 算法 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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