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folder · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 夹 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 資料夾; on the Mainland it is 文件夹 - both point at “folder”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 資料夾、文件夾 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: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 資料夾 | 文件夹 |
| Reading | ㄗ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄚ zī liào jiā | wén jiàn jiā ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ |
| Senses | folder | folder; file (paper) |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 資料夾 · 文件夾 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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