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network router · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 閘道器; on the Mainland it is 网关 - both point at “network router”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 閘道器、網關 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 | 閘道器 | 网关 |
| Reading | ㄓㄚˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄑㄧˋ zhá dào qì | wǎng guān ㄨㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄢ |
| Senses | network router | network router; gateway (to Internet or between networks) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 閘道器 · 網關 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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