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file · Different everyday word
Different everyday word The two terms share no characters at all. In Taiwan the standard term is 檔案; on the Mainland it is 文件 - both point at “file”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 檔案、文件 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
檔案 is L4 vocabulary on the TOCFL 华语八千词 list; 文件 is HSK 3 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: LinZi’s curated MOE-vs-HSK comparison table.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 檔案 | 文件 |
| Reading | ㄉㄤˋ ㄢˋ dàng àn | wén jiàn ㄨㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ |
| Senses | file; record; archive | document; file |
| Syllabus | TOCFL L4 | HSK 3 |
| MOE records | 檔案 · 文件 | |
| Dictionary | entry → | entry → |
| Audio | ||
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