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random number · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 数 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 亂數; on the Mainland it is 随机数 - both point at “random number”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 亂數、隨機數 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, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 亂數 | 随机数 |
| Reading | ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄕㄨˇ luàn shǔ | suí jī shù ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧ ㄕㄨˋ |
| Senses | random number | random number |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 亂數 · 隨機數 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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